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Ohio retainage limits and deadlines On public construction projects (with the exception of residential projects of 12 units or fewer) the amount of retainage that can be withheld is 8% from each progress payment. Upon 50% completion, no more retainage may be withheld on the remaining progress payments.

However, a claimant who discovers a defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real property during the 10-year period, but less than 2 years prior to the expiration of that period, may pursue a claim within 2 years from the date of discovery of the defective and unsafe condition. R.C. §2305.131(A)(2).

Retention is an amount of money withheld from a contractor until a job is complete. This normally is 5-10% of the contract's sum. It acts as a kind of security deposit: if defects are left by the contractor that they fail to remedy, the money is rightfully retained by the employer to fix those defects.

The law also places a limit on the amount a contractor can take as a down payment or deposit before work starts. Unless there are custom or specialty orders for materials, the contractor cannot ask for more than 10% upfront before work starts.

If a subcontractor or materialman has not been paid, s/he can file a mechanics' lien. On commercial projects, a claimant has 75 days from the last day materials or labor was provided. For a residential project, a claimant only has 60 days.

A submittal log that covers the complete project scope of work and is aligned with the project's technical specifications and contract documents. The planned submittal log updates with the actual submittal review and approval progress which gets captured from the predefined workflow steps.