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Effective Change Management
Pricing and negotiating
construction Change Orders
This session
places emphasis on two important principles. Participants will formulate their
own unique system to enable them to better manage their own change order
process. The workshop will focus on:
- Avoiding disputes before they start
- Resolving disputes before they escalate
What is a Change
Order?
Where do change orders originate?
Owner Directed Changes
Contractor initiated Change Orders
A look at two types of change orders
Bilateral Modification
Unilateral Modification
Identifying Change
Orders
Know your Contract
Know the pre bid and pre-construction conditions
Know the industry "standards"
How to make
notification of a change
Playing by the
rules – Knowing the process
Protecting your
own interest
Documenting the change order
Pricing the change order
What labor, equipment and material rates to use?
A check list of what to include
How to be both fair and complete
How to apply overhead and profit
Managing /
Tracking
Follow up - Making
sure CORs don't fall through the cracks
What is an Issue?
Agreeing to disagree
What is a REA?
A discussion of "Requests for equitable adjustment"
What is a claim?
When do you treat an issue as a claim?
How to document a claim
Use of experts and
consultants
Consultants
Attorneys
Mediation
Why Mediation?
The basic rules of mediation
Some benefits of mediation
Arbitration
Binding vs non binding
Appeals
Risks
Partnering
How it helps avoid claims and litigation
A Partnering model
Does it Work?
DRB
What is a DRB?
Who pays for it?
When should one be considered?
What if it's not in the contract?
Litigation
The last resort
Pitfalls of litigation
How your Attorney can help avoid litigation
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