Interview General Contractor & Subcontractor
Draft- Interview General Contractor & Subcontractor
Part I: General Questions
- For how many years you have worked in construction industry:
- Less than 2 year
- 2-5 years
- 5-10 years
- 10-20 years
- More than 20 years
- What construction management positions have you had held for at least 5 projects?
(Select all that apply)
- Project Engineer
- Superintendent or Assistant
- Project controls (estimating, scheduling, cost control)
- Project Manager or Assistant
- Other (enter title(s))____________________________
- Please rate the impact from each possible cause on delaying payment.
(Scores are assigned by circling the scale number, 1 through 5: 1. Insignificant 2. Of Little
Significance 3. Moderately Significant 4. Significant 5. Very Significant)
Defective work not remedied 1 2 3 4 5
Schedule Problems 1 2 3 4 5
Lien Waiver Problems 1 2 3 4 5
Pay when Paid Contingent payment clauses 1 2 3 4 5
Damage to GC or Other Subs 1 2 3 4 5
GC arbitrarily withholds payment after GC is paid. 1 2 3 4 5
GC not paid by Owner 1 2 3 4 5
Unsettled construction disputes 1 2 3 4 5
Inefficient communication and follow-ups 1 2 3 4 5
- In your experience, how frequently does each of the following problems delay final
payment?
(Scores are assigned by circling the scale number, 1 through 5.
1.0%-20% 2. 20%-40% 3. 40%-60% 4. 60%-80% 5. 80%-100%
Defective work not remedied 1 2 3 4 5
Schedule Problems 1 2 3 4 5
Lien Waiver Problems 1 2 3 4 5
Paid when paid Contingent payment clauses 1 2 3 4 5
Damage to GC or Other Subs 1 2 3 4 5
GC arbitrarily withholds payment after GC is paid. 1 2 3 4 5
GC not paid by Owner 1 2 3 4 5
Unsettled construction disputes 1 2 3 4 5
Inefficient communication and follow-ups 1 2 3 4 5
Monitoring
- What are features of Pay When Paid Processing?
- Understanding the process of Linking Invoices to Pay When Paid Vouchers
- Entering Pay When Paid Vouchers
- At what point do you create and Revise Pay When Paid Groups
- When do you release Pay When Paid Vouchers for Payment?
- How do you verify on Pay When Paid Integrity?
Other :
Draft- Interview questions for Construction Lawyers
- For how many years you have worked in construction industry?
- What construction management positions have you had held for at least one project?
- Why Are Payment Issues Persistent in the Construction Industry?
- What pay-when-paid means?
- Are Pay-When-Paid clauses fair?
- Are pay-when-paid clauses even legal?
- Why Pay-When-Paid Clauses Exist?
- Pay When Paid: Essence timing the payment?
- What every subcontractor really needs to understand?
- At what stage is the GC/Sub commence the monitoring of the Pay when Paid clause?
- What are the preventative measures?
Other :
