How to Avoid Commercial Construction Change Orders

Change Orders Cost Time and Money

Change orders occur commonly in commercial construction projects. These alterations or modifications to the original scope of work or specifications can cause significant delays and increased costs. Reasons for change orders can include:

• design errors
• incomplete or inaccurate plans
• client requests, or
• unexpected conditions that arise during construction.

While you may not avoid every possibility for change orders, we put together some ways to minimize the occurrence of change orders in commercial construction projects in a handy, easy-to-download white paper.