TL;DR
A notice to proceed is the formal written authorization telling a contractor to begin work, fixing the official start date from which the contract time and any liquidated damages are counted. On residential jobs it may be a simple letter or email issued once permits, financing, and insurance certificates are in place.
What it means
A notice to proceed is the formal written authorization telling a contractor to begin work, fixing the official start date from which the contract time and any liquidated damages are counted. On residential jobs it may be a simple letter or email issued once permits, financing, and insurance certificates are in place. Starting without one — or issuing one before conditions are met — muddies every later argument about schedule and delay.
Where it sits in the glossary
Notice to proceed is part of the Legal group inside the ProFix Directory glossary. Browse every term in this category from the glossary index.
Why Ohio homeowners should know it
This is a term Ohio homeowners encounter when reading contractor quotes, hiring paperwork, or inspection reports. Understanding it well enough to ask one good follow-up question is usually all the protection a homeowner needs.
ProFix Directory keeps definitions short on the index page and saves the longer context — Ohio-specific rules, where the term comes from, and which ProFix tools touch it — for these per-term pages so the term is easy to cite and easy to share.
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