Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 23, 2020

5 Best Practices to Ensure Change Orders are not Bringing Your Company Down. Construction Best Practices

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Contractor Bookkeeping

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Are you sick and tired of customers continually changing stuff on you and creating delays or extra work? Is your customer leaving you "love notes" regarding minor changes they would like to make on the counter or someplace you can easily find them when you first arrive in the morning?

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Lets Build

MAY 7, 2020

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? A change order is additional work or work omitted from the original construction plan, which completely changes the original contract amount and can have a direct effect on the project completion date.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Change orders—they’re part of the normal course of a construction project, but they’re are also a major pain point—the cause of disputes among contractors, owners and designers, and a reason for cost overruns and completion delays.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 18, 2020

4 Tips for Better Change Order Management. I n an HBRC Journal study , results showed that the average cost overrun from change orders was as much as 11% to 15% of the original contract value for many construction projects. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 06/18/2020 - 10:53. This could quickly make the difference between a job being profitable and nonprofitable for a construction company

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Construction Dive

JUNE 23, 2020

Contractors cannot afford to leave money on the table — especially now — which means they need to pay more attention to contract issues that could affect their bottom lines

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Mr Ethics

JULY 28, 2015

He is trying to clear out some outstanding change orders before that time. He is negotiating hard with me over the change orders but once we settle on a cost he adds a bump to it as recognition of the good relationship we have had on the project. Regards, Change Order Conflicted. Dear Mr. Ethics, I consider myself an ethical person. Doing the right thing has always come easy. I am now faced with a situation where I am uncertain what to do.

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Mr Ethics

JULY 28, 2015

He is trying to clear out some outstanding change orders before that time. He is negotiating hard with me over the change orders but once we settle on a cost he adds a bump to it as recognition of the good relationship we have had on the project. Regards, Change Order Conflicted. Dear Mr. Ethics, I consider myself an ethical person. Doing the right thing has always come easy. I am now faced with a situation where I am uncertain what to do.

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Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The architect thinks the change order work was accounted for in our bid and we have enough profit margin in the project to cover it. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. Change Order Blocked.

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Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The architect thinks the change order work was accounted for in our bid and we have enough profit margin in the project to cover it. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. Change Order Blocked.

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Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The architect thinks the change order work was accounted for in our bid and we have enough profit margin in the project to cover it. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. Change Order Blocked.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The construction consortium claims that the NY State Thruway Authority is dragging its feet on providing documents that show the drastic change orders made during construction of the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge

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Construction Dive

JULY 1, 2019

One electrical company claims it is owed $30 million in change orders from general contractor Suffolk Construction

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Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The city's Municipal Transportation Agency has already paid Tutor Perini for the change orders, minus the agreed-upon retainage

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Construction Dive

JULY 9, 2015

” His point was simple: a river changes constantly and your second step is necessarily into a somewhat different river. The same might well be said of construction projects: although the change is not as continuous as a river’s, construction projects never get executed exactly as planned. Every day, however, thousands of changes are made in construction projects that are accomplished without strict attention to the contractual change order procedures.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Lots of changes, problems, requests and trade-offs occur on construction jobsites to keep your projects moving. In your company, who decides if extra work is free? Your customer asks your crew to move a pile of dirt, fix a mistake on the plans or do a little extra painting to help them out, or the superintendent gets your foreman to unload a truckload of material as a trade-off for eliminating a small connection detail. Are you OK with this

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The Constructor

DECEMBER 16, 2016

A change order in construction contract is modification of a contract in writing. Types of change orders, its features and components are. Construction Construction Contracts Construction Management Construction Projects Contract Documents Contracts

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Chianelli Estimating

AUGUST 10, 2011

Don’t Be Caught Short on Construction Change Orders. It’s easy for contractors to overlook the real cost impact of construction change orders on their projects. Depending upon the size of the change modification, merely estimating for the additional material, labor, equipment and subcontractor costs could be a misconception and could be only part of the cost equation. Construction Change Orders

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Construction Equipment

MAY 11, 2018

This week, the House of Representatives passed the Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act which seeks to provide more information and greater transparency for businesses on federal construction projects

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cnstrctr

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Change Orders Are Opportunities. One of most common stereo types of the construction industry is that change orders are a key part of making a construction business more profitable. Changes are a natural part of any project and can seriously disrupt your business.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 3, 2020

A state senator is questioning $24 million in claims from Tutor Perini's Cherry Hill Construction, noting the project is two years behind schedule

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Adopt a digital drawing solution to communicate change orders in real time and minimize associated costs

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Best Practices Construction Law

APRIL 28, 2015

Take, for example, the world of changes in the construction context. When you are dealing with changes on a project, they can be classified, treated, reviewed, and compensated on a different basis. Construction Change: A completed document, approved by the Engineer, covering changes in the Plans, Specifications or quantities, and additional items and the basis of payment that have been established by a previously executed Change Order.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 24, 2014

Change order management is a challenge for almost all construction business owners. Meeting clients, capturing requirements, determining costs and getting approvals can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Fai Wong, owner of Level 8 Construction Inc. and a member of Construction Business Owner’s LinkedIn group, wants to know how to streamline this process. He asks

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NH Construction Law

MARCH 24, 2018

Given the importance of nailing down any changes to an original scope of work along with their price and schedule effects, many construction contracts require change orders to be in writing, and even define change orders as written instruments. of the A201 (2007) is typical: “A Change Order is a written instrument prepared by the Architect and signed by the Owner, Contractor and Architect.”

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Commercial Construction

MAY 18, 2010

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. To prove it, I’m going to debunk some popular change order myths and their affect on commercial construction budgets, project construction management and the design-build process.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 11, 2014

By Paul Levin Pricing of claims and change orders falls into two categories: forward pricing, where the price and time is negotiated before the work is done; and post pricing -- pricing and schedule adjustments made during or after performance of the work.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A lawyer for Dynamic Systems said there's no ostensible reason for the GC to withhold pay unless it's in a dispute with the owner

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ENR Construction

MARCH 6, 2019

A former Stantec employee alleges that contractors for the Honolulu light rail project improperly filed more than 100 change orders totaling more than $20 million

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Constructonomics

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

It’s hard to describe how owners feel about change orders. Sometimes I think they would rather be forced to eat a bucket full of glass or perhaps permantly lose feeling in all extremities before accepting a change order that increases their project cost by.01%. Change orders are a part of the construction process, and any semi-experienced building owner should expect a reasonable amount of change orders and budget for them.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

By Bruce Jervis In some ways a change order is a snapshot of a project at one point in time. But a change order usually states it constitutes the entire agreement regarding the modification; the parties waive the right to additional time or money. The change order purports to be comprehensive and final. The most common example would be numerous change orders which have a disruptive cumulative impact on the contractor’s ability to perform the work.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2019

Construction Change Order Best Management Practices. Any discussion of construction change order best management practices would be incomplete without the following: Defining a construction change order, Noting the causal factors and impacts associated with construction change orders, and Methods of mitigating construction change orders. Major causes of construction change orders. Change Order Impacts.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And those contracts authorize alteration through change orders. But what if the surety discovers that the change order process has radically altered the contract it originally agreed to cover? In a recent federal appellate case, a prime contractor and its subcontractor settled a delay dispute by negotiating a bilateral change order. Project owners, for their own protection, require contractors to furnish payment and performance bonds.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 16, 2013

“It’s incredibly important that you follow whatever the procedure is,” as specified in the contract documents, for requesting a change order in a construction project, Robert “Mike” Cathcart, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins, advised professionals attending a webinar that WPL Publishing held last week. ” What are some of the other key components of change order resolution?

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Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 18, 2012

A Google search for "Free Construction Change Order Form" will show you roughly 300,000,000 hits and most of them will try to sell you something. This free construction change order form is just that, free! There is no perfect construction change order form and for the most part it makes no sense to purchase a construction change order form template that you will need to alter anyway.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 29, 2013

Then why do you do it on change orders for your customers? Everyone knows additional work orders must be in writing before you start extra work if you want to get paid for it If you were asked by a friend to use your resources to perform a job for them for free, would you do it to make them happy and avoid conflict? Contractors often try to avoid conflicts and keep their customers happy by not asking for extra money for work performed that’s not included in the contract.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 3, 2013

By Bruce Jervis Construction contracts frequently contain detailed procedures for processing change orders. The change order procedure, which appeared so orderly and logical on paper, falls by the wayside. There are consequences, however, to ignoring the change order procedure. The contract addresses notification, request for modification, pricing, proposal, review, approval and execution.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The owner-contractor agreement contains a “no damages for delay” clause; a clause requiring that all changes be in writing before work is performed; and a clause requiring partial lien waivers and releases with each periodic payment. The waiver and release documents submitted with each pay application could not cover claims not readily apparent due to daily changes on the job. It happens all the time!

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Construction Marketing Ideas

DECEMBER 13, 2015

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. He was told that if he pursued the change order, he would never see any more work with the institution. Subtrades and suppliers started filing change order requests.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Software for design and construction is facing a significant change order to keep pace with the evolution of the internet, cloud and powerful hardware. Technology

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