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 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 1, 2019

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

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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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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 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?

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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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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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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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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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

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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.

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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. In the legal world, words have meaning.

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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 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.

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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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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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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 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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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?

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2013

This means meeting the time requirements for submitting a request, he noted during the “Change Order Resolution” segment of the 90-minute program, entitled “Change Orders: The Bane of All Construction Projects.”

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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!

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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

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.

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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

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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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Contractor Bookkeeping

MAY 22, 2013

Tired of these customers constantly changing stuff on us and creating delays or extra work. Construction Change Order Video. This video shows you step by step the Fast Easy Accounting way to work with your Free Construction Change Order Form. It''s A Small Change.

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Construction Dive

AUGUST 2, 2018

Alberta officials gave Graham Construction 15 days to get the beleaguered CA$763 million Grande Prairie Regional Hospital project back on track

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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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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 18, 2012

Construction Change Order Phobia. After Reviewing The QuickBooks Reports - We discovered a painful case of the dreaded disease I call "Change-Order-Phobia". In this case the pain of change in the contractor's mind had to be exceeded by the pain of staying the same.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Editor’s Note: This is the second article of a two-part series covering change order management. Part one appeared in Construction Business Owner’s September 2013 issue and can be found here

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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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Contractor Bookkeeping

MAY 2, 2013

It''s A Small Change. In this case the "Hammer" is a change order. 15% of your customers will try to get a bargain.little extras, minor changes. Change orders are the "Hammer" and if you have a signed change order you have the hammer.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 18, 2012

Construction Change Order Video. This video shows you the Fast Easy Accounting step by step how to use your Free Construction Change Order Form.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 3, 2012

How do you control the cost of change orders? To begin with, you need to identify the basic elements of the cost of a change: Identification of a needed change. Design process of the change to be made. Management of the change process. Additional time needed to make the change. Labor and materials needed to make the change. Negative impact of change on completed work. Labor’s attitude toward dealing with the change

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Construction Dive

MAY 29, 2013

This is a key piece of advice that Schiff Hardin LLP Partner Amanda Schermer offered to a group of professionals during “Change Order Management: Best Practices & Strategic Considerations,” a webinar that WPL Publishing held earlier this month. When attempting to resolve an issue involving a contract requirement for a construction project, it is a good idea to resist trying to recall from memory what that requirement actually says.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 28, 2013

The mantra of almost every contractor in the United States is “No work shall commence without a signed change order.” With such a strict policy that appears universal in its application, why do so many firms struggle with the liability of unapproved, uncollected and litigious change orders

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