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#132:  Written Change Order Requirements

NH Construction Law

Many construction contracts and subcontracts, both residential and commercial, provide that any addition or deletion from the scope of work described in the contract must be documented by a written change order. Does that failure doom additional compensation (or credit) for an agreed upon change to the work?

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Digital Builder Podcast Ep 22: How Specialty Contractors Can Navigate Contracts & Get Paid On Time

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In reality, it’s often a monster document packed full of legalese that can be difficult to understand. Best practices for handling change orders. A contract should really be a tool to help everyone in the construction industry; it doesn’t have to be this monster document that you just hold your nose, sign, and hope for the best.”

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Construction Financial Reporting – Why It’s Important and How To Do It

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These reports should summarize the overall budget, potential change orders, cash flow, risks and more. You should break this report down by division including soft costs from hard costs (your costs vs costs that are subcontracted out). Changes – identify changes by a reference number, status of them and the value.

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#108:  Replacement Contractor Issues

NH Construction Law

At the bid stage, even with the original plans and specs and any change orders or updated drawings in hand, the completion contractor won’t be able to spot every potential error in the existing work, and so will pad his bid – or insist on a cost-plus arrangement – to protect himself against unseen issues.

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Email Records Retention can be Tricky

Carol Hagen

I spoke with a subcontracting firm (company B) that did the opposite of what was described above. A general contracting firm claimed they had not approved of a change order (they themselves did not archive their own email) and this subcontractor showed them a copy of their email approval. Lack of metadata.

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Litigation Topics for Prime / Subcontractor Contracts

Construction Law Monitor

The information is very helpful to contractors and can be used a resource when a contractor begins the contracting phase of a construction project to help get a better understanding of what is going on within the contract documents. Commonly litigated subcontract provisions. Change Order and Extra Work Provisions.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontracting is a time-honored tradition. They must coordinate some of the most complex aspects of the built environment, with ever up-to-date documents, or face the consequences. Plus, the risk in construction is increasing. Every project has thousands of moving parts; from documents and processes to individual team members.

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