Review Sub-Tier Lien Waivers as an Invoice Administrator

Objective

To review submitted sub-tier lien waivers for a subcontractor invoice as an  invoice administrator. 

Background

After an invoice contact uploads and submits a signed sub-tier lien waiver with a subcontractor, an invoice administrator reviews the submitted waiver. If a waiver is correct, you can approve it. If the waiver is incorrect, you can request a revision. 

Things to Consider

• Required User Permissions

Prerequisites

• Enable Sub-Tier Waivers on Project Invoices
• Add Invoice Contacts to a Purchase Order or Subcontract
• Create a Subcontractor Invoice
• Upload Sub-Tier Waivers to a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact

Steps

1. Navigate to the project's Invoicing tool. 
2. Click the Subcontractor tab. 
3. Locate the invoice to open in the table. 
4. Click the Lien Rights tab. 
5. Depending on the lien waivers that your team collects, you will see one or more of the following cards on the invoice:

    Tip

   How do we decide what type of lien waivers to collect? Your project team makes that decision. Your team can choose to show or hide these cards on the project's invoices on the Invoicing Settings page. To learn more, see Configure Settings: Invoicing.
   • Unconditional Sub-Tier Waivers for the Previous Invoice. When you see this card, your team is collecting signed unconditional sub-tier waivers for the previous billing period. An invoice contact must first upload the signed sub-tier waivers with their subcontractor invoice for the current Open billing period. See Upload Sub-Tier Waivers to a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact.
   • Unconditional Sub-Tier Waivers for this Invoice. When you see this card, your team is collecting signed unconditional sub-tier waivers for the current Open billing period. An invoice contact must first upload the signed sub-tier waivers with their subcontractor invoice for the current Open billing period. See Upload Sub-Tier Waivers to a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact.
   • Conditional Sub Tier Waivers for this Invoice. When you see this card, your team is collecting signed conditional sub-tier waivers for the current Open billing period. An invoice contact must first upload signed sub-tier waivers with their subcontractor invoice for the current Open billing period. See Upload Sub-Tier Waivers to a Subcontractor Invoice as an Invoice Contact.
   • Sub-Tier Information for this Invoice. When you see this card, sub-tier waivers aren't being collected. There will be no waivers to review in this card. 
6. Scroll to the card that contains the sub-tier waivers to review. Once sent by an invoice contact, the waivers are placed in the Review Pending status. 
7. In the Waivers column, click Review. 
   
   
   
   This opens the waiver in the attachment viewer. The Details pane is active. 

    Notes

   In the Details pane, you can also:

   • Click the Download  icon to download a copy of the file.
   • Edit the value in the Amount Billed This Invoice field and the Billing Type setting.
   
    
8. Review the file and its details. 
   Next, request a revision or approve a waiver. 

Next Steps

• Create a Subcontractor Invoice
• Generate Lien Waivers on Project Invoices

See Also

• Manage Lien Waivers & Templates