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What Is a Change Order?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

What Is a Construction Change Order? According to some estimates, an average of 35% of projects experience at least one major change throughout the life of the project. As a contractor, change orders can leave you feeling like you’re trapped between a rock and a hard place. Key Takeaways.

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Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Construction Cost Visibility & Management

Job Order Contracting

Conclusion: Relying on national cost data plus a location factor creates systemic cost visibility and management failures , leading to 30%-40% errors, increased change orders, and loss of cost control. Inability to Track Cost Escalations and Market Volatility National cost models do not reflect rapid material and labor cost changes.

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Construction Cost Estimating Facts

Job Order Contracting

The use of building cost models, assemblies, national average cost data, historical costs, location or area cost factors, economic factors are will not provide equivalent, actionable cost information. #4 There is no “secret sauce”, there are no “short cuts”, and technology in itself is not a solution.

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A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

BIM Model Integration, Information Viewing/Access. Change Order Management. Activity Dashboard. Asset/Component Management. Automated Estimate Comparison. Bid Management. Building/Site/Location Management. Budget and Estimate versus Actual and Committed Budget Tracking. Collaboration Tools. Contract Management.

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Collaborative LEAN Construction Software

Job Order Contracting

The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features.

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JOC Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Note: Change orders should be mitigated via the job order process, however, an owner-defined process within the contractor outlines how changes in the Detailed Scope of Work are to be handled, such as by adding to, changing, or deleting from the Detailed Scope of Work, by issuing a Supplemental Job Order or a Change Order.

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Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes?

Job Order Contracting

The move toward best practice, alternative contracting models such as integrated project delivery (IPD) and LEAN Job Order Contracting enables continuous outcome improvement for all parties. Achieving this level of common information sharing alone would greatly reduce miscommunications, error and omissions, and change orders!

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