Construction Subcontractor Agreement Redline Auditor (Pay-if-Paid & Retainage)
General Contractor (GC) subcontracts are notoriously one-sided. A "Pay-if-Paid" clause means if the property owner gets into a dispute with the GC over something completely unrelated to your trade, the GC never has to pay you for your completed work and materials.
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“Contractor shall pay Subcontractor within ten (10) days after receipt of payment from Owner, provided that if Owner fails to pay Contractor for reasons not caused by Subcontractor’s defective work, Contractor shall pay Subcontractor within forty-five (45) days of
What to Say to the Insurance Carrier / Third-Party Reviewer
"We can’t finance the Owner’s credit risk under a Pay-if-Paid clause—we need standard Pay-When-Paid language with a 45-day outside payment date, and retainage released upon completion of our specific trade rather than the entire building."
Why they drafted it this way: General Contractors try to shift 100% of Owner insolvency and project financing risk onto electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and framing subcontractors.
Mandatory Audit Checklist Points
- Convert "Pay-if-Paid" condition precedent into "Pay-When-Paid" with a 45-day outside payment cap
- Release retainage upon completion of Subcontractor’s trade work (not final project completion)
- Right to stop work upon 7 days notice if progress payments are not timely made
- Limit indemnity strictly to bodily injury/property damage to the extent caused by Subcontractor’s negligence
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Pay-if-Paid and Pay-When-Paid?
Pay-if-Paid shifts the Owner’s bankruptcy risk onto you (if the Owner never pays the GC, you never get paid). Pay-When-Paid is a timing mechanism that gives the GC a reasonable window (e.g., 30–45 days) to process payment, after which the GC must pay you regardless.
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Upload your Water Mitigation & Flood PDF or Word (.docx) draft to ClaimXray.com to run the "Construction Subcontractor Agreement Redline Auditor (Pay-if-Paid & Retainage)" defense cartridge 100% anonymously—with zero account registration, zero email login, and stateless in-memory processing. RedlineCore™ 4.0 flags construction subcontractor agreement redline pay if paid exposure (typically $25,000 – $150,000 in withheld retainage & unpaid change orders; documented unredlined loss: $185,000 in lost IP reuse & unbilled termination work-in-progress), checks for cross-section overrides, and exports a ready-to-send Microsoft Word (.docx) Track-Changes file.
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