Let’s Talk About Change Orders
Owners – Last Tuesday, a panel of private owners discussed change orders with the major subs and GCs in our area. A complete write-up of the takeaways for each group - Owner, General Contractor, and Subcontractor - will be distributed soon. Some preliminary points made were:
- Owners are also concerned that subcontractors finance construction change orders. Although no solution was developed, best practices encouraged are:
- Owners and GCs should hold regular meetings with subs to communicate change order status and what to expect.
- The status of change orders should be transparent to all involved.
- Subs should escalate non-payment beyond the GC’s Project Manager.
- GCs should provide clear and explicit Change Order requirements.
The ASAMW Board met on Wednesday and is developing the next steps that need to be taken to get subcontractors out of financing construction change orders.