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Contractor's Guide to Change Orders: How to Resolve Disputes and Get Paid

Contractor's Guide to Change Orders

Contractor's Guide to Change Orders is a comprehensive, practical guide to handling one of the most critical areas of construction contracting: discovering (uncovering), preparing, pricing, and presenting, negotiating, completing, and getting paid for all changes to construction projects.

Website Price $79.00

Author: Andrew M Civitello Jr with William D Locher JD
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 382

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Table of Contents

Uncover hidden cost items and receive full compensation for them. Each chapter of this great book contains step-by-step procedures, checklists, full-size forms, and word-for-word letters to help you increase your acceptance rate and get paid for all changes on the job - without disputes or misunderstandings.

Shows how to find, document, and negotiate payment for every added delay and expense that slips past your "early warning system."

Stop Profit-Robbing Construction Contract Disputes before They Start

With this expanded new edition of Contractor's Guide to Change Orders in hand, contractors working on projects of any size - from remodeling jobs to skyscrapers - will have all the ammunition needed to:

Keep hidden construction delays and expenses from draining profit. (Only a fraction of chargeable amounts are ever identified by the owner or architects involved.)
Identify trouble spots in the contract, plans, specifications and site that are likely to result in added costs or delays.
Find, document and negotiate payment for every added delay and expense that slips past your "early warning system."
Negotiate and resolve change order disputes at every level so you are always a step ahead.
Put all the facts on your side so that, if all else fails, you have ironclad evidence to support your claim during arbitration or ligitation.

This Book Is Like Having a Lawyer on Call to Help You Out at a Fraction of the Cost.

Well-known in construction circles, author Andy Civitello draws on well over two decades of experience and shares literally dozens of timesaving tools tailored to the needs of busy contractors like you who don't have time or desire to wade through some academic textbook. In Contractor's Guide to Change Orders, you'll find:

Detailed checklists that help you prevent costly oversights, support change order prices, record actions taken, and much more.
Sample forms and worksheets that are job-tested on projects of nearly every size and type. You can reproduce and use these forms right away to simplify your job and save hours of time.
Model letters that are professionally written and handle nearly any situation, from assigning job responsibilities to warning notices or corresponding with architects and engineers.
And much more!

About the Authors
Andy Civitello has managed construction projects of all types and sizes, for a wide variety of clients. He is a nationally recognized project management specialist and construction claims consultant skilled in contract management, claims entitlement and valuation. A "shirt-sleeve" veteran, clients include owners, contractors, design professionals, and attorneys on a wide variety of public, institutional and private projects. He is an active panelist for the American Arbitration Association and author of bestselling construction books.
William D Locher, JD, is senior partner with Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner, a Los Angeles law firm. He has represented owners, contractors and material suppliers in construction and related matters and disputes for over 20 years. He lectures regularly on contract law issues including administration, change orders and construction contract claims.