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.3 failure of the Contractor to make payments properly to Subcontractors or for labor, materials or
<br />equipment;
<br />.4 reasonable evidence that the Work cannot be completed for the unpaid balance of the Contract Sum;
<br />.5 damage to the Owner or a separate contractor;
<br />.6 reasonable evidence that the Work will not be completed within the Contract Time, and that the
<br />unpaid balance would not be adequate to cover actual or liquidated damages for the anticipated delay;
<br />or
<br />.7 repeated failure to carry out the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.
<br />§ 9.5.2 When the above reasons for withholding certification are removed, certification willbe made for amounts
<br />previously withheld.
<br />§ 9.5.3 If the Architect withholds certification for payment under Section 9.5.1.3, the Owner may, at its sole option,
<br />issue joint checks to the Contractor and to any Subcontractor or material or equipment suppliers to whom the
<br />Contractor failed to make payment for Work properly performed or material or equipment suitably delivered. If the
<br />Owner makes payments by joint check, the Owner shall notify the Architect and the Architect ,will reflect such
<br />payment on the next Certificate for Payment.
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<br />§ 9.6 PROGRESS PAYMENTS 1
<br />§ 9.6.1 After the Architect has issued a Certificate for Payment, the Owner shall make payment in the marnertand
<br />within the time provided in the Contract Documents, and shall so notify the Architect.
<br />§ 9.6.2 The Contractor shall pay each Subcontractor no later than seven days after receipt of payment from the
<br />Owner the amount to which the Subcontractor is entitled, reflecting percentages actually retained from payments to
<br />the Contractor on account of the Subcontractor's portion of the Work. The Contractor shall, by appropriate
<br />agreement with each Subcontractor, require each Subcontractor to make payments to Sub -subcontractors in a similar
<br />manner.
<br />§ 9.6.3 The Architect will, on request, furnish to a Subcontractor, if practicable, information regarding percentagesGof
<br />completion or amounts applied for by the Contractor and action taken thereon by the Architect and Owner on c
<br />account of portions of the Work done by such Subcontractor. `
<br />§ 9.6.4 The Owner has the right to request written evidence from the Contractor that the Contractor has properly paid
<br />Subcontractors and material and equipment suppliers amounts paid by the Owner to the Contractor for subcontracted •_:„•
<br />Work. If the Contractor fails to furnish such evidence within seven days, the Owner shall have the right to contact
<br />Subcontractors to ascertain whether they have been properly paid. Neither the Owner nor Architect shall have an
<br />obligation to pay or to see to the payment of money to a Subcontractor, except as may otherwie be required by law.-
<br />§ 9.6.5 Contractor payments to material and equipment suppliers shall be treated in a manner similar to that provided,
<br />in Sections 9.6.2, 9.6.3 and 9.6.4.
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<br />§ 9.6.6 A Certificate for Payment, a progress payment, or partial or entire use or occupancy ,of the Project by the
<br />Owner shall not constitute acceptance of Work not in accordance with the Contract Documents.
<br />§ 9.6.7 Unless the Contractor provides the Owner with a payment bond in the full penal suni of the Contract -Sum; -
<br />payments received by the Contractor for Work properly performed by Subcontractors and suppliers shall be held by
<br />the Contractor for those Subcontractors or suppliers who performed Work or furnished materials, or both, under
<br />contract with the Contractor for which payment was made by the Owner. Nothing contained herein shall require
<br />money to be placed in a separate account and not commingled with money of the Contractor, shall..create any
<br />fiduciary liability or tort liability on the part of the Contractor for breach of trust or shall entitle aiiy person or entity
<br />to an award of punitive damages against the Contractor for breach of the requirements of thus provision.
<br />§ 9.7 FAILURE OF PAYMENT
<br />If the Architect does not issue a Certificate for Payment, through no fault of the Contractor; within seven days after
<br />receipt of the Contractor's Application for Payment, or if the Owner does not pay the Contractorwithin'severi days -
<br />after the date established in the Contract Documents the amount certified by the Architect orawardedby_binding .,
<br />dispute resolution, then the Contractor may, upon seven additional days' written notice to the Owner and Architect,
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