Approve a Prime Contract

Objective

To change the status of a prime contract for a construction project to 'Approved.'

Background

After the prime contract is created, you can follow the steps in Update the Schedule of Values on a Prime Contract. Once the line items on the SOV are complete and the agreement between the project owner and your company is finalized, you can place the contract into the Approved status. This action allows your project team to begin creating change orders (see Create a Prime Contract Change Order) and owner invoices (see Create an Owner Invoice).

Things to Consider

• Required User Permissions:
  • 'Admin' level permissions on the project's Prime Contracts tool
• Additional Information:
  After you complete the steps below, your project team can then perform the following tasks:
  • Create a Prime Contract Change Order
  • Create Owner Invoices
  • Create a Payment Received for a Prime Contract

Prerequisites

• Create a prime contract. See Create Prime Contracts.
• Update the prime contract's Schedule of Values (SOV). See Update the Schedule of Values on a Prime Contract.
• Confirm that all parties to the prime contract are in agreement prior to changing its status to 'Approved.' 

Steps

1. Navigate to the project's Prime Contracts tool.
2. Locate the prime contract to work with. Then click its Number link. 
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Under General Information, choose Approved from the Status drop-down list.
   
   
    
5. Click Save or Save and Email.

Next Steps

• Create a Prime Contract Change Order
• Create Owner Invoices
• Create a Payment Received for a Prime Contract

See Also

• Create Prime Contracts