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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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#65:  Unjust Enrichment Recovery for Verbal Change Orders

NH Construction Law

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. Section 7.2.1 Should he suspend work, and risk being in breach?

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#66:  Labor Inefficiency Costs: Who Pays? How Much?

NH Construction Law

Sometimes this unanticipated time/space compression is the owner’s fault, in which case the general contractor/construction manager and its subcontractors will likely be entitled to increased compensation by change order or otherwise -- and to a mechanic’s lien if that increase is not paid.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

project task/line item, a full description in plain English, a unit of measure and a corresponding unit price, including labor, material, and equipment details, and an associated approved contractor coefficient are to be the basis for Contractor compensation. This action will require a modification to the JO to reflect a change order credit.

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A Practical Guide to Construction Accounting Software

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Overhead costs can fluctuate month to month based on workers’ compensation, subcontractors, insurance, training, and more. After developing the codes, you can generally divide them into five categories: labor, materials, subcontracts, equipment, and overhead. . Subcontracts. What to Include in Construction Job Costing.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

The Owner will be required to deliver such materials to the job site or compensate the Contractor for providing labor to deliver Owner-furnished materials to the job. Equipment costs can be included in the task order only if a unit cost for equipment is listed for the specific task in the unit price book, and actually on the job.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

00 45 26 Workers Compensation Certificate Schedule. 00 52 14 Subcontract Form – Stipulated Sum (design/bid/build or. 00 52 17 Subcontract Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 45 26 Workers Compensation Certificate Schedule. 00 45 26 Workers Compensation Certificate Schedule.