An owners representative risk disagreement with a client, put in writing
An owners representative risk disagreement with a client is a record problem before it is a judgment problem. Write the exposure down, then let them pick.
Change orders and pricing
How a change gets priced, who pays for the cause, and which terms govern both.
What this covers
The questions in this category
- How a change order is priced
- Markups, rates and the pricing basis
- The cause that decides who pays
- How an exclusion becomes a change
- Pricing with no competition left
- Owner scope against design gap
Published
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Hotel brand standard change construction meets halfway through a job
A hotel brand standard change construction absorbs is not a design change. It is an obligation to a third party who is not in your contract at all.
Data center capacity change order pricing, after the number is fixed
A data center capacity change order is priced with no competition and a factory queue in front of it. The same scope costs far more than it would have.
Amenity scope creep multifamily projects produce, and the late addition problem
Amenity scope creep multifamily owners create is late, small and repeated, which is exactly the shape of change the contract prices worst for them.
Unit mix change construction cost, and why it never scales the way it reads
A unit mix change construction cost never scales the way the drawing suggests. Moving one wall moves plumbing, electrical and the structure below.
Change order markup a construction contract should fix before signature
Change order markup in a construction contract is competitive for a week. After signature it governs the price of every change for the rest of the job.
Owner scope change vs design gap, told apart in practice
Owner scope change vs design gap is the distinction that decides who funds a change, and it is settled by one question asked about the original documents.
Change order cause: the one word that decides who pays
Change order cause classification decides who carries the money. One word on a form moves cost between the owner, the contractor and the contingency fund.