Where this number comes from
Retainage withheld (retention receivable ÷ progress billings)
Estimated value
Not available
- How it's produced
- Retention receivable / withheld cash
Sources
- Reasoned Construction Estimate (10% Retainage Withheld). Basis · 5–10% Retainage Is The Near Universal Contract Term In Us Commercial Construction (many States Cap Public Works Retainage At 5–10%); 10% Is The Common Private Contract Ceiling. The Figure Is A Contract Term, Not A Surveyed Benchmark, So No Statistical Source Url Is Cited. Re Validate Against The Tenant's Contract Terms And Retainage Receivable Balance. · published benchmark / reasoned-estimate citation
Assumed inputs — reasoned defaults
- Retainage withheld (retention receivable ÷ progress billings): Reasoned construction estimate (10% retainage withheld). Basis: 5–10% retainage is the near-universal contract term in US commercial construction (many states cap public-works retainage at 5–10%); 10% is the common private-contract ceiling. The figure is a contract term, not a surveyed benchmark, so no statistical-source URL is cited. Re-validate against the tenant's contract terms and retainage-receivable balance.
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Evidence level
This number carries no source signal, so we treat it as an unverified assumption.
- Observed Cited to a source-confirmed figure in your books.
- Explained Derived, but every input traces back to observed data.
- Inferred A reasoned default — defensible, but not measured.
- Hypothesis A raw assumption that still needs verification.