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Change order guides
Each guide works through a real calculation made with the Renpavo change order form, with screenshots of the form and links to the primary sources it relies on.
- AIA change order form (G701): the five lines, worked through three change ordersLine by line through CO-001, CO-002 and CO-003 on one job, and the check that catches a wrong line 2.
- Change order request vs. change orderWho starts each document, whether it changes the contract, and the same clinic change written both ways.
- Change order log template with a running contract sumExcel log where status decides what moves the contract sum; worked through a fire station job.
- Deductive change orders: does the credit carry markup?A value-engineering swap priced with markup on the net and on additions only — and why the gap is 10% of the credit.
- Construction change directive (CCD): what it is and how the work gets pricedDirected rock removal priced afterwards: one flat markup gives $9,499.00, Caltrans-style markups by cost type give $10,293.96 against a $9,500 cap.
- Change order template: blank Word, PDF and Excel formsFree fill-by-hand form in Letter, A4 and Word, with the six arithmetic checks a hand-filled change order needs.
Also on this site
- How to fill out a construction change orderField-by-field walk-through of the form and a review checklist.
- Blank templatesPDF (Letter and A4), Word and the Excel change order log.