Change Orders

Change Orders

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  Change Order Management: Creating a System That Works

  Having a change order management system will save time and help prevent client misunderstandings.

   

• Orderly Change: Managing the Change Order Process

  Collecting payment for change orders isn't difficult, as long as you have a clear process and you make clients aware of it early in the remodeling process.

   
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  Change Order? Get It in Writing

  Remodelers can save themselves a lot of trouble by ensuring that they define a clear change-order process and closely adhere to it.

   
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  Change Is in Order: Change Order Calculations Done in the Field vs. in the Office

  TIM FALLER: Should you ask your lead carpenter to estimate and present change orders?

   

• Know Your Lines: Building a Thorough Estimate

  Pre-construction preparation using a detailed line-item spreadsheet helps build a more accurate estimate and reduce the number of change orders.

   
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  The Fallacy of the Fast Track

  Tim Faller: There really is no such thing as a fast track. Skipping steps from planning to production can be costly.

   
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  Affecting Change

  Allison Iantosca: A gentle nudge can be more powerful than a raised voice when it comes to getting employees to change their work habits.

   

• Service With a Smile: Effective Negotiation

  With homeowners still wielding the bulk of negotiating power, remodelers must be able to plant their feet diplomatically.

   

• Painless Business Generation for Production Staff

  By leveraging the day-to-day contact your production staff have with homeowners, you can build trust, improve profits, and sail through change orders.

   

• Over and Out

  In early 2007, Renewal Construction began its “Guaranteed Renovation” program, which promises clients that their project will be “substantially complete” by a specified target date, barring certain unforeseen disasters such as a hurricane or tornado.