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Minor Change Cost or Time Notice
Minor change cost or time notice is the contractor's written warning that an apparently small requested change will affect contract price or schedule. The notice should be sent before performing the changed work so the contractor does not silently absorb the added cost or lose the chance to request a time adjustment.
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Minor Change Cost or Time Notice
By definition, what characterizes an AIA-style minor change in the work for an electrical project?
Under AIA contract terms, if an architect verbally instructs your electrical crew to run an additional dedicated circuit to a new outlet location—requiring extra wire, a breaker, and two more hours of labor—this still qualifies as a 'minor change in the work' as long as the change is consistent with the overall intent of the contract documents.
As an electrical contractor, you must evaluate whether field instructions qualify as an AIA-style minor change in the work. Match each field scenario below to its correct classification based on the criteria for a minor change.
An architect issues a written order to relocate several light fixtures, labeling it an AIA-style 'minor change in the work'. Arrange the following steps you must take to properly analyze and respond to this instruction, ensuring your electrical contracting business does not absorb the cost of uncompensated extra work.
You must evaluate an architect's directive that adds 20 feet of trenching for an underground feeder, which the architect has labeled an AIA-style 'minor change in the work.' Because you calculate this detour will require extra labor hours and equipment rental, you must reject the 'minor change' classification. To justify your refusal, you cite the contractual rule that a minor change cannot involve an adjustment to the contract time or the contract ____.
You are designing a one-page Field Instruction Review Checklist that your electrical crew leads will carry on every job site. The checklist must help them instantly determine whether an architect's verbal or written field instruction qualifies as a minor change in the work—or whether it must be escalated for a formal change order. Which set of checklist questions would BEST ensure your crew leads correctly flag instructions that exceed the scope of a minor change?
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When must an electrical contractor provide a written notice stating that a requested minor change will actually affect the contract price or schedule?
When an electrical contractor sends written notice that a requested minor change will affect the contract price or schedule, the notice must include a detailed cost estimate or time delay analysis.
Arrange the correct sequence of actions an electrical contractor must follow to protect their right to compensation when an architect requests a minor change that will unexpectedly increase project costs.
Match each scenario involving an architect's 'minor change' order with the correct contractual consequence for the electrical contractor.
An electrical contractor completes an architect's minor change order to reroute conduit, but their subsequent claim for a schedule extension is legally denied. Analyzing this breakdown in contract administration, the claim was rejected because the contractor waived their rights by failing to submit a ____________ before performing the changed work.
An architect orders your electrical contracting crew to switch from surface-mounted conduit to in-wall conduit in one room—classified as a minor change. Your foreman estimates it will add roughly $1,200 in labor and two extra days. Which of the following responses best protects your company's right to recover the added cost and time while maintaining a professional working relationship?