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Contract Documents and Construction Law Session 7

Contract Documents and Construction Law Session 7. Learning Goal. Understand the effects of changes as they are encountered Develop methods for reacting to potential conflicts resulting from changes. Learning Objectives. Point out three major causes of cost over-runs

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Contract Documents and Construction Law Session 7

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  1. Contract Documents and Construction LawSession 7

  2. Learning Goal • Understand the effects of changes as they are encountered • Develop methods for reacting to potential conflicts resulting from changes An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  3. Learning Objectives • Point out three major causes of cost over-runs • Understand the importance of the Changes Clause • Define different types of changes • Comply with legal requirements necessitated by changes • Identify contractual and time-related circumstances affecting cost recovery • React to differing site conditions An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  4. Cost Overruns • Common factors of cost overruns • Inaccurate estimates • Differing site conditions • Inadequate supervision or management An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  5. The Changes Clause ...allows both the owner and the contractor to make changes in the scope of a project without having to negotiate a new contract. An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  6. Revisions to Contract Documents • A supervisor should never... • proceed with work that differs from requirements stated in the contract documents • implement any change to any contract requirements without first obtaining a properly signed change order An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  7. Change Orders, Field Orders, and Change Directives • Categories requiring change orders • Owner’s requested change • Designer’s requested change • Contractor’s requested change • Recommendations by subcontractors or material suppliers • Requirements by building inspectors or fire marshal An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  8. Using on the Job What You Learned Today • Summary: first key concept • Know the three major causes of cost overruns and identify how they can be avoided An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  9. Using on the Job What You Learned Today • Summary: second key concept • Identify different types of changes and know how they should be handled An AGC Construction Learning Tool

  10. Using on the Job What You Learned Today • Summary: third key concept • Understand ways that time impacts can affect a project, and which of them can be recovered according to the contract documents An AGC Construction Learning Tool

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