I have a resi job where the owner wants me to be a subcontactor of the GC. The GC wants to use an AIA contract instead of my standard contract.

What's confusing me about the AIA contract is that there does not seem to be a provision to get paid for equipment before you order it - you get paid shortly after equipment is brought to the site (or stored somewhere.)

This seems counter to the basic tenant that we don't finance equipment for our clients. Anyone familiar with these contracts who can shed some light on this?