Sub Contractor Contract Writing Series - Change Orders

This session takes on changes and extra work for which subcontractors may have rights to be paid and given extra time, such as changes in scope, cost increases, unforeseen conditions, and force majeure. Participants will review language setting up processes and requirements for requesting and documenting the extra work, the amount charged, and the time to be given, and conclude with notice and waiver provisions, their consequences, and how to avoid them.

What You Will Learn

• Learn about typical clauses governing identifying and presenting requests for extra work and adjustments to compensation and schedule for them
• Learn to negotiate terms to avoid prejudice to both sides in the handling of requests for extras

Target Audience

Prime and subcontractors

Instructors

Karissa Fox & Ross Steinbach, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP