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What Is an AIA G703 Continuation Sheet?

If your G703 detail is messy, your whole pay app gets harder to approve. The G703 continuation sheet is the line-by-line detail behind your payment request: your Schedule of Values, progress this period, stored materials, retainage, and balance to finish — the numbers reviewers use to sanity-check the request for payment.

Quick answer:

G703 = detail. It lists your SOV and tracks previous / this period / to date progress, plus stored materials and retainage. The G702 summary rolls these totals up to the project level.

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G703 is the line-item detail. The AIA G702 is the summary page where totals roll up. See how those documents move through the application, review, and certification process.

What Is the AIA G703 Continuation Sheet?

The G703 continuation sheet is where your pay application gets its detail. It lists your project’s Schedule of Values line items — descriptions, scheduled values, work completed, stored materials, retainage, and balance to finish.

Simple rule: the bottom totals on the G703 should tie directly to the related totals on the G702 summary. If they do not match, approvals usually stall.

PayAppPro lets you build an AIA-style G703 online, keep your SOV organized across billing periods, and apply retainage, stored materials, and change orders consistently — without spreadsheet drift.

What the G703 Tracks
  • SOV line descriptions and scheduled values
  • Work completed, previous and this period
  • Materials presently stored
  • Total completed and stored to date
  • Retainage and balance to finish
Important note

This page explains the G703 concept and typical structure. PayAppPro generates an AIA-style document and does not provide the official AIA G703 form.

Typical G703 Columns

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The exact headings vary by template, but the logic is consistent: each SOV line rolls forward from prior periods, adds this-period work, includes stored materials when allowed, applies retainage, and shows the balance to finish.

If your columns do not support previous / this period / to date, you are more likely to create carryforward errors.
Column What it means
Item / Description One SOV line, scope package, trade item, or approved change order row.
Scheduled Value The approved value for that SOV line, including approved changes assigned to it.
Work Completed Usually split into previous work and this-period work.
Materials Stored Stored materials currently billed but not installed, if allowed by the project.
Total Completed & Stored to Date The line’s to-date total used for roll-up to the G702 summary.
Retainage Retention held for the line. Retainage consistency matters across billing periods.
Balance to Finish Scheduled value minus total completed and stored to date, depending on the format and contract rules.
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Stored Materials: the Part That Breaks G703 Math

Stored materials should behave like a transfer, not a pile that grows forever. If you bill materials as stored in one period and then install them later, your stored value should generally decrease as work-in-place increases — keeping the line’s to-date total accurate.

Common kickback: stored materials are billed, then never backed out when installed, creating double-count risk.
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Stored materials gotchas

  • Billed without backup such as invoices, photos, or releases
  • Stored values counted twice across periods
  • Stored not clearly separated from installed work
  • Retainage applied inconsistently to stored versus installed work

Why Contractors Use Software Instead of Spreadsheets

Many contractors still prepare G703 continuation sheets in Excel. Spreadsheets can work for simple jobs, but they become fragile when you need to roll prior values forward, track stored materials, apply retainage, add change orders, and keep the G703 detail tied to the G702 summary.

Dedicated AIA billing software helps reduce those errors by keeping the Schedule of Values, current work, prior billing, stored materials, retainage, change orders, and PDF outputs in one workflow.

Spreadsheet risks

  • Broken formulas or copied rows
  • Prior-period carryforward errors
  • SOV line totals exceeding scheduled values
  • Stored materials counted twice
  • Retainage drift across periods
  • Version-control confusion
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Most Common G703 Problems

  • Line total exceeds scheduled value, creating an overbilling issue
  • Stored materials never move into work-in-place, creating double-count risk
  • Retainage is applied inconsistently across lines or periods
  • Change orders are missing from the SOV, so contract sums do not match
  • Totals do not tie to G702 because of carryforward or formula drift
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How PayAppPro helps reduce mistakes

  • Single source of truth for SOV and totals
  • Automatic carryforward each pay app
  • Guardrails against overbilling
  • Retainage consistency by design
  • Clean, reviewer-friendly PDFs
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Review the G703 Before Submission

Even when the math looks right, G703 detail can trigger review delays if stored materials are unsupported, retainage is inconsistent, SOV line items are unclear, or approved change order backup is missing.

PayAppPro’s AI Quality Check helps flag possible pay application issues before the package is submitted for review.

Quality check areas

  • G703/G702 total alignment
  • SOV line-item consistency
  • Stored materials support
  • Retainage consistency
  • Approved change order backup
  • Missing files, notes, or supporting documents

Build an AIA-Style G703 in Minutes

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1. Enter SOV Line Items

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2. Update Work and Stored Materials

Track work completed and stored materials by line. Retainage stays consistent.

3. Export and Submit

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FAQ: AIA G703

Short answers for when you are staring at a deadline.

The G703 is the line-item detail page of an AIA-style pay application. It lists the Schedule of Values and tracks progress each period: work completed, stored materials, retainage, and balance to finish.

The G703 provides the detailed values that roll up into the G702 summary page. If G703 totals do not tie out, the payment summary cannot reconcile and approvals often slow down.

Typical columns include item number, description, scheduled value, work completed previous and this period, materials presently stored, total completed and stored to date, retainage, and balance to finish.

Stored materials are billed separately from installed work. As materials get installed, the stored amount should decrease while work-in-place increases, keeping the line total completed and stored to date accurate.

Common issues include line totals exceeding scheduled value, stored materials not backed out when installed, inconsistent retainage, change orders not reflected in the SOV, and totals that do not match the G702 summary.

AIA billing software can help contractors create and reuse a Schedule of Values, carry prior values forward, apply retainage, track stored materials, and generate an AIA-style G703 continuation sheet. PayAppPro creates AIA-style outputs only and does not provide official AIA Contract Documents.

No. PayAppPro generates AIA-style pay application documents that follow a G703-style structure, but it does not provide official AIA Contract Documents offered by ACD Operations, LLC. AIA, G702, and G703 are registered trademarks of the American Institute of Architects.
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