—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint. Defendants hired plaintiff and third-party plaintiff, Laur & Mack Contracting Co., Inc. (Laur & Mack), as general contractor for the construction of a motel in Niagara Falls. In the amended complaint, Laur & Mack alleges that it completed the contract work and is entitled to final payment of the amount due pursuant to the contract. It is undisputed, however, that the architect, third-party defendant, has not issued a certificate of completion and that issuance of such certificate is a contractual condition precedent to Laur & Mack’s entitlement to final payment.
The court also properly granted third-party defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s third-party complaint. With respect to the first cause of action, Laur & Mack has no cause of action against the architect for breach of the contract between the architect and the owner where, as here, the contract expressly precludes enforcement of that contract by a third party (cf., Pile Found. Constr. Co. v Berger, Lehman Assocs.,