In plain English
It marks when the required performance under a contract is fully done. That means the work itself, or any other duties the contract requires, have been finished.
In context
Here, it denotes the date when the tracked contract work or other required obligations were finished.
- Situation
- Tracking obligations, deliverables, milestones, notices, and deadlines
- What it communicates
- labels when the tracked work was finished.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not indicate whether the finished work met any required deadline.
Examples
“The completion date was 14 July, but the contract had required the work to be finished by 30 June.”
“Once the crews finished the last repair required by the contract, the manager entered the completion date in the file.”