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AIA Document A201- - 2017
<br />General Conditions of the Contract for Construction
<br />§ 13.5 Interest
<br />Payments due and unpaid under the Contract Documents shall bear interest from the date payment is due at the rate the
<br />parties agree upon in writing or, in the absence thereof, at the legal rate prevailing from time to time at the place where the
<br />Project is located.
<br />ARTICLE 14 TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE CONT
<br />RACT
<br />§ 14.1 Termination by the Contractor
<br />§ 14.1.1 The Contractor may terminate the Contract if the Work is stopped for a period of 30 consecutive days through no act
<br />or fault of the Contractor, a Subcontractor, a Sub -subcontractor, their agents or employees, or any other persons or entities
<br />performing portions of the Work, for any of the following reasons:
<br />.1 Issuance of an order of a court or other public authority having jurisdiction that requires all Work to be stopped;
<br />.2 An act of government, such as a declaration of national emergency, that requires all Work to be stopped;
<br />.3 Because the Architect has not issued a Certificate for Payment and has not notified the Contractor of the reason
<br />for withholding certification as provided in Section 9.4.1, or because the Owner has not made payment on a
<br />Certificate for Payment within the time stated in the Contract Documents; or
<br />.4 The Owner has failed to furnish to the Contractor reasonable evidence as required by Section 2.2.
<br />§ 14.1.2 The Contractor may terminate the Contract if, through no act or fault of the Contractor, a Subcontractor, a Sub -
<br />subcontractor, their agents or employees, or any other persons or entities performing portions of the Work, repeated
<br />suspensions, delays, or interruptions of the entire Work by the Owner as described in Section 14.3, constitute in the aggregate
<br />more than 100 percent of the total number of days scheduled for completion, or 120 days in any 365-day period, whichever is
<br />less.
<br />§ 14.1.3 If one of the reasons described in Section 14.1.1 or 14.1.2 exists, the Contractor may, upon seven days' notice to the
<br />Owner and Architect, terminate the Contract and recover from the Owner payment for Work executed, as well as reasonable
<br />overhead and profit on Work not executed, and costs incurred by reason of such termination.
<br />§ 14.1.4 If the Work is stopped for a period of 60 consecutive days through no act or fault of the Contractor, a Subcontractor,
<br />a Sub -subcontractor, or their agents or employees or any other persons or entities performing portions of the Work because
<br />the Owner has repeatedly failed to fulfill the Owner's obligations under the Contract Documents with respect to matters
<br />important to the progress of the Work, the Contractor may, upon seven additional days' notice to the Owner and the
<br />Architect, terminate the Contract and recover from the Owner as provided in Section 14.1.3.
<br />§ 14.2 Termination by the Owner for Cause
<br />§ 14.2.1 The Owner may terminate the Contract if the Contractor
<br />.1 repeatedly refuses or fails to supply enough properly skilled workers or proper materials;
<br />.2 fails to make payment to Subcontractors or suppliers in accordance with the respective agreements between the
<br />Contractor and the Subcontractors or Suppliers;
<br />.3 repeatedly disregards applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, or lawful orders of a
<br />public authority; or
<br />.4 otherwise is guilty of substantial breach of a provision of the Contract Documents.
<br />§ 14.2.2 When any of the reasons described in Section 14.2.1 exist, and upon certification by the Architect that sufficient
<br />cause exists to justify such action, the Owner may, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of the Owner and after
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