
Knowledge Areas • 201
• Payment for work not yet performed
• No payment until all outstanding issues from the nal inspection
have been corrected
A company has special payment procedures and accounting require-
ments for invoice processing. e invoice must be registered, scrutinized,
certied, and paid (see Figure6.34). is takes time. Never expect an
invoice to be paid the day aer it was sent.
Pay the undisputed parts of an invoice. Deteriorating relations also arise
when the contractor’s accounting department sends out invoices accord-
ing to a payment schedule even though the contractor is behind schedule.
All invoices should be pa