Change Order Management Level 100

The Accubid Change Management - Level 100 course is an introductory course in the Accubid Systems Professional Development Series.

This course will provide participants with the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledge to competently deal with real-world change order issues which are commonplace in construction projects. The instructional method focuses on a problem–based approach to learning with the use of case study scenarios.

Each participant will be responsible for participating within a team environment and actively engaging in group discussion where necessary.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will understand

• The reality of change orders
• The cumulative impact that change orders cause for contractors
• What overhead truly is
• The right and wrong way to price change orders
• The effects change orders have on labour productivity

Topics of Instruction

The topics covered will be:

• The reality of change orders
• Effects of change orders
• Real costs of change orders
• Impacts of schedule changes on resources
• Overtime impact on productivity
• Time sensitivity of change orders
• Causes of change orders
• Direct and indirect costs of change orders
• Impacts on labor efficiency
• Cumulative impacts of change orders
• Overhead
• Change order pricing methods
• Reality of unit prices