Under what condition does the owner have the right to carry out the work?

• A. The contractor defaults or neglects to carry out the work in accordance with the contract documents and fails within 10 days of receiving a written notice to correct or remedy the issue.
• B. The architect approves a substitution that changes the scope of work.
• C. The owner decides to accelerate the schedule for convenience.
• D. The project reaches substantial completion.

Answer: (A)

The owner’s right to carry out the work is triggered when the contractor defaults or neglects to perform in accordance with the contract documents and then fails to correct the issue within the specified cure period after receiving a written notice to remedy it. That cure period is typically ten days. This provision exists to protect the project timeline by allowing the owner to take over and complete the work if the contractor isn’t performing, after giving a chance to fix the problem. The other scenarios don’t grant this authority: a substitution approved by the architect that changes the scope doesn’t authorize the owner to assume execution of the work; accelerating the schedule is a planning decision and not a right to perform the remaining work; and substantial completion is just a milestone, not a trigger for the owner to assume control of the remaining tasks.