Opinion ID: 1060237
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Ballard Construction

Text: Ballard's president, Steven B. Ballard, testified that he had previous experience with pay when paid clauses and that he had been educated the hard way as to their effect. He further testified that he was aware that Galloway had altered the AIA form contract, but that he was depending on a separate scope of work agreement, that pre-dated the contract, which included a discount to expedite the payment from the contractor to [Ballard] without worrying about the payment from the owner to the contractor. Under that agreement, before and after signing the contract, Ballard received twelve progress payments from Galloway without Galloway first receiving a payment from Rowe identifiable to the work performed by Ballard. Based upon this evidence, the trial court properly construed the contract to permit Galloway only a reasonable amount of time in which to make progress and final payments to Ballard. Accordingly, we will affirm the trial court's award to Ballard.