Common use of Right to Stop Work Clause in Contracts

Right to Stop Work. City’s Project Manager shall have the right to stop any Work on the Project if: (i) City notifies Contractor of a defect in the Work or Deliverables and after such notice, Contractor fails to promptly commence correction of any identified defects in the Work or Deliverables, or (ii) Contractor fails to carry out any portion of the Project in accordance with this Agreement. All stop work orders from the City shall be in writing and signed by City’s Project Manager. City shall specifically state the cause for the order to stop work. Upon receiving a stop work order, Contractor shall immediately cease working on that portion of the Work specified in the order, until the cause for such order has been eliminated. City’s right to stop any work on the Project shall not give rise to a duty on the part of the City to exercise this right for the benefit of Contractor or any other person or entity. In the event City’s Project Manager orders work to be stopped without proper justification, City shall reimburse Contractor for the actual and direct costs incurred by Contractor due to the delay. Furthermore, Contractor will be entitled to a time extension equal to the number of days delay City has caused due to the unjustified work stoppage. In no event will a stop work order extend beyond 30 days.

Right to Stop Work. City’s Project Manager shall have the right to stop any Work on the Project project if: (i) City notifies Contractor of a defect in the Work or Deliverables and after such notice, Contractor fails to promptly commence correction of any identified defects in the Work or Deliverables, or (ii) Contractor fails to carry out any portion of the Project project in accordance with this Term Sheet and the Agreement. All stop work orders from the City shall be in writing and signed by City’s Project Manager. City shall specifically state the cause for the order to stop work. Upon receiving a stop work order, Contractor shall immediately cease working on that portion of the Work specified in the order, until the cause for such order has been eliminated. City’s right to stop any work on the Project project shall not give rise to a duty on the part of the City to exercise this right for the benefit of Contractor Contractor, or any other person or entity. In the event City’s Project Manager orders work to be stopped without proper justification, City shall reimburse Contractor for the actual and direct costs incurred by Contractor due to the delay. Furthermore, Contractor will be entitled to a time extension equal to the number of days of delay that City has caused due to the unjustified work stoppage. In no event will a stop work order extend beyond 30 days.