Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Letter 137
To employer, if payment not made in full and no withholding
notice issued
Special/recorded delivery
Dear
We have today received your cheque for [
insert amount
], some [
insert difference
]
less than certified due to us in the architect's certificate number [
insert number
]
dated [
insert date
]. We note that you have withheld [
insert amount
], but you
have given no reasons for doing so/the notice you have sent is out of time/the
notice you have sent does not properly particularise the grounds for
withholding [
delete as appropriate
].
Therefore, your action amounts to a breach of contract and it is contrary to the
provisions of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. If
we do not receive the sum of [
insert the amount withheld
]by[
insert date
] we will
exercise our contractual or other remedies as we deem appropriate to recover
the full amount due.
Yours faithfully
Copy:
Architect
