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Subcontractor told me my change order paperwork was amateur hour, he was right
Last month I was running a tenant improvement job in Phoenix and got hit with a surprise duct reroute. I sent the GC a one page change order with a lump sum number. The GC's senior super called me and said, this looks like a bid napkin, not a CO. He walked me through his format, line item labor, material with tags, equipment rental days, even a schedule impact note. I was annoyed but redid it. Got approved in 2 days instead of the usual 3 week fight. Now I copy that layout for every CO over $1,500. Has anyone else had a GC actually teach them a better system on the fly?
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richard_dixon16d ago
Teaching him your CO format is not some favor, that super was protecting his own behind. If your paperwork is weak and the job goes sideways, his PM looks bad for approving it, so of course he wants it broken out right. The lump sum one pager is actually better on small scope stuff where labor and material are both under a couple grand because tagging out every fitting takes you longer to write than the work takes to do. And once a GC sees you itemize everything, good luck ever getting a quick approval again, they start picking apart your rental days and asking why you needed a lift for four hours.
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