SDC & Associates, Inc. can improve your change order profits. After more than 35 years and $1.4 billion in projects, our experts truly understand the change order process. We know that:

• Preventing and preparing for change orders begins after the bidding process.
• Both sides can lose big money on change orders without the proper documentation.
• The spirit of cooperation and "partnering" should not lead to unprofitable work.
• Change orders can arise from:
  • poorly defined scope of work
  • time and material changes
  • owner-directed acceleration
  • extended overhead (home office and direct field)
• Too many people bring their emotions to the table when calculating and negotiating change orders.
• Inexperience in the change order process often means lost dollars.

• Prepare and price your contractor change orders.
• Review and advise owners on submitted change orders.
• Negotiate change orders for either party. We know the "other guy's" tricks and techniques.
• Train your staff in preventing change orders where possible.
• Train your staff in documenting and pricing change orders when they are necessary. Anyone can be trained to use SDC's simple log and letter system.
• Perform all of these services on an hourly, lump sum, partial contingency or monthly retainer basis.

You benefit from our services. SDC:

• Assures pricing uniformity throughout.
• Substantially impacts profits on change orders.
• Frees up construction managers, project managers and superintendents to perform the principal work of the project by not having to price or negotiate change orders.
• Assures better documentation for change orders and claims because the consultant requires full and proper documentation up front from field personnel and knows from experience just which documents to require.
• Assures consistency and professionalism because the consultant is not emotionally involved in the project and these emotions are not carried over into the pricing and the negotiations.
• Produces a higher "win-win" percentage. The more experienced and focused consultant is not as often "fooled" during negotiations.