For a general contractor or owner’s representative, change orders can eat into the overall profitability of a project and often times are an indication that someone fell asleep behind the wheel. Therefore, it can be concluded that change orders are bad and should be avoided at all costs.

Of course, there will always be design changes which can lead to change orders, but in general, many change orders submitted by contractors aren’t associated with design changes and possibly could have been avoided if proper steps were followed earlier on in a project.

Click here to read the 5 steps to take to eliminate or mitigate change orders on your next project.