This process covers the lifecycle of a change order, including sources of change items, effects on cost/billing budgets and impact of forecasting.
CMiC's Approach to Processing Potential Change Item (PCI) through to Posted Owner Change Order:
- Potential Change Item (PCI) entered, either manually or created as a result of other events (RFI, Meeting Minutes, etc)
- PCI sent out automatically for pricing from a subcontract already on the job (if required)
- Subcontractor responds to the request to update the cost expectation for the PCI using CMiC I/O
- After subcontract is reviewed, Owner Change Order request submitted
- Owner reviews, approves and sends Change Order Request back using CMiC I/O
- Subcontract Change Order and the Owner Change Order documents created and executed
- Subcontract and Owner Change Order posted
Major Efficiency Improvements:- Improved Owner satisfaction with increased communications
- Single database provides real-time change order information
Risk Mitigation:- Elimination of multiple data entry points
- Reduction of approval wait times
