Common use of Final Certificate Clause in Contracts

Final Certificate. On completion of the work the contractor shall be furnished with a certificate by the Executive Engineer (hereinafter called engineer-in-charge) of such completion but no such certificate shall be given or shall the work be considered to be completed until the contractor shall have removed from the premises on which the work shall have been executed all scaffolding, surplus materials and rubbish, and shall have cleaned off the dirt from all woodwork, doors, windows, walls, floor or other parts of any building in or upon which the work has been executed, or of which may have had possession for the purpose of executing the work, not until the work shall have been measured by the engineer-in- charge, or where the measurements have been taken by his subordinates, until they have received the approval of the engineer-in-charge, the said measurements being binding and conclusive against the contractor. If the contractor shall fail to comply with the requirements of this clause as to the removal of scaffolding, surplus materials and rubbish and cleaning of dirt on or before the date fixed for the completion of the work, the engineer-in-charge may, at the expenses of the contractor, remove such scaffolding, surplus materials and rubbish and dispose of the same as he thinks fit and clean off such dirt as aforesaid and the contractor shall forthwith pay the amount of all expenses so incurred, but shall have no claim in respect of any such scaffolding or surplus materials as aforesaid except for any sum actually realized by the sale thereof.