change-order

Change-order checker

Upload the new request first. Add the original agreement, receipts, and messages if you have them. I separate possible scope overlap, recorded approval, and price support, then show what cannot be compared.

PDF or text, up to 40MB per file and 80MB total. First check free, then $9.

What does a construction change-order check look at before you approve?

A construction change-order check separates the new request from invoices and earlier agreements. It looks for stated scope, approval, price support, credits, and schedule effects. Nico calculates an updated contract value only when the necessary amounts are supplied. Otherwise, it labels the calculation incomplete.

You can review a request without the original agreement. Nico will mark any overlap or pricing comparison it cannot make, quote the readable evidence, and give you neutral questions to send. First completed analysis is free; each later review is $9 USD.

What this review can help you ask

  • Upload the new request, invoice, or builder message first. Add the original agreement and supporting receipts or messages if you have them. Without the original, Nico cannot establish overlap with the earlier scope.
  • Scope overlap, recorded approval, and support for the price are separate checks. A gap in one does not settle the other two.
  • Ask whether the request adds work, replaces an allowance or specified item, or removes work that should carry a credit. An expected credit is not the same as a confirmed credit.
  • Look for the proposed amount, labor and material detail, receipts or quotes, markup, tax, and schedule effect. Nico points to the passage or says which support was not supplied.
  • A calculated updated contract value is shown only when the original sum, prior confirmed changes, this request, and applicable credits are known. Otherwise Nico shows the known parts and labels the total incomplete.
  • A charge after work has started can raise a documentation question. Nico does not decide whether the work was necessary, agreed, or payable.

Questions people ask this check

What is the difference between a change order and an invoice?
A change order asks you to agree to extra work, a price, and often time, before or as the work is defined. An invoice asks to be paid, sometimes after the siding is already on. I read the label, the signature lines, and whether the work has already started.
What belongs on a construction change order checklist?
Description in plain language, cost, calendar days, new completion date if days are not zero, signature lines, whether work has started, labor versus material versus markup, and the running total of original plus this extra plus prior extras.
Why does the running total matter?
Extras stack across documents. I calculate a total only from amounts that can be supported, including prior confirmed changes and credits when they are supplied. If those inputs are missing, I show an incomplete calculation instead of calling it the new contract value.
What if the extra was already in the original scope?
I look for the same work in the original statement of work, specs, or an allowance. Overlap is a question you can send, with a quote from the original. I do not decide the extra for you.
Can I upload the original contract with the extra?
Yes. The original helps me check overlap and whether the markup on this extra matches the markup in the base paper. First completed analysis is free, then $9.

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