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Contract Time Adjustment in Change Orders
A contract time adjustment is the written change to the completion date or schedule duration caused by changed work or changed conditions. In an AIA-style change order, the parties address the extent of any contract time adjustment, and a contractor should give notice when a supposed minor change will affect time.
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Contract Time Adjustment in Change Orders
A verbal agreement between an electrical contractor and a customer is sufficient to serve as a valid change order on an electrical contract.
An electrical contractor needs to alter a project's scope because the client requested additional exterior lighting. To ensure the change order is valid, which set of core elements must be agreed upon in the written document?
An electrical contractor is drafting a change order because a client requested the addition of two subpanels to their garage mid-project. Match each practical document entry to the specific change order requirement it fulfills.
Analyze the operational workflow required to properly manage an unexpected electrical panel upgrade requested by a client mid-project. Arrange the following actions in the correct logical sequence to ensure a legally valid change order is established before the new work begins.
You are auditing a newly drafted modification for an unexpected electrical panel upgrade. Upon review, you judge the document to be currently invalid because, while it clearly details the new scope of work and the exact price increase, it completely omits the third essential element. To protect your business and finalize a fully valid change order, you must revise the document to explicitly state any agreed-upon adjustments to the project ___________.
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What does a contract time adjustment in a change order modify?
If a minor change to the electrical scope of work will delay the project by just one day, you do not need to include a contract time adjustment in the change order as long as the new price is documented.
During a commercial build-out, your client requests a different style of custom lighting that will take an extra week to arrive. Arrange the steps you must take to properly handle this schedule impact and execute a contract time adjustment.
Based on the requirements for AIA-style change orders, analyze the following project scenarios. Match each scenario to the correct contractual evaluation regarding contract time adjustments.
As a project manager evaluating a proposed change order, you find it correctly specifies both the revised electrical scope and the $1,500 price increase. However, knowing that a binding agreement requires addressing all three critical subsections, you rule the document invalid until it explicitly addresses the extent of the contract ____ adjustment.
You are an electrical contractor drafting a change order for a commercial client after an unexpected underground conduit reroute added three days of labor and $2,800 in materials. Using AIA-style change order requirements, which of the following represents a complete and valid written change order document that you could present for signatures?