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Change Orders in Construction – 101 Guide

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Change orders are common to construction projects. Whatever is the case, it is important to know how you can more effectively handle a change order as it can change your project both time and money. What is a change order in construction? What causes a change order.

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What Is a Change Order?

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What Is a Construction Change Order? According to some estimates, an average of 35% of projects experience at least one major change throughout the life of the project. As a contractor, change orders can leave you feeling like you’re trapped between a rock and a hard place. Key Takeaways.

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The importance of keeping construction daily logs for every site activity

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Construction sites are chaotic. And even if it’s mostly controlled chaos, staying on top of everything is challenging for site managers. Let’s explore the importance of keeping construction and maintenance daily logs of every on-site activity.

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Commercial Construction Best Practices: Debunking Construction Change Order Myths

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Commercial construction change order myths. If I had a dollar for every time I had to set the record straight on commercial construction costs and change orders… I would still have this job. There’s a misconception that general construction contractors love change orders. But, I would also be a lot richer.

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JOC Contractor Evaluation

Job Order Contracting

JOC contractor evaluation is an ongoing process, begining with their response to a Job Order Contract Request for Propsals for design-builders and continuing throughout the life-cycle of the JOC Program. Projects are complete in a quality manner, per specfications, on time and on budget, without change orders.

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The change order challenge: Can things go bad, or right?

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The local hospital authority, knowing and liking the contractor, builds deliberate ambiguities and change order opportunities into the contract; so the contractor confidently bids low, wins the work, and then submit change orders, which the owner promptly approves and pays. And that happened.

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction. Is off-site construction the answer to building homes faster and more affordably and easing current supply and labor issues? 3 Reasons Why We Need More Off-Site Construction. Off-site construction introduces a host of unique worker safety benefits.

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