Effective Change Order Management: Adapt to Project Changes, and Minimize Impacts to Cost and Timelines

In today’s dynamic construction industry, construction projects often undergo scope changes, makeing it crucial to effectively manage the construction change order process. Project managers must ensure the project schedule stays on track, avoid project delays and cost overruns. Without proper change management processes in place, construction contracts may be subject to increasing labor costs and increased material costs, which can ultimately delay the project's success.

When a change order is created, you can simply approve the change order request, and the system will automatically create all the necessary changes to the subcontracts. This controls escalating costs, while ensuring that all team members are on top of the changes.

With the ability to anticipate potential change requests, your project team can predict how unexpected costs will affect your project budget — and how to bill your subcontractors and suppliers accordingly. This ensures that all aspects of the project management process aligns with the original and proposed contract terms.

Project managers can also ensure that performance of the project remains doesn’t undergo project scope creep. Using real-time synchronization and the approval process, construction project managers can keep the project progress in line with the project schedule, thereby, reducing risks.