 The designer (typically a licensed professional architect or engineer) is usually also incorporated into the contract as the owner's design representative and agent, to verify that completed contract work has complied with the design.In most contracts, the general conditions to the contract for construction requires the contractor, when he believes it to be so, to declare the construction project to have reached "substantial completion" and request a "pre-final" inspection.According to the General Conditions (AIA A201 Section 9.8.2), the Contractor prepares and submits to the architect a comprehensive list of items to be completed or corrected.