Change Order

A change order is a formal, written amendment to a construction contract that adds, removes, or modifies work after the contract has been signed — adjusting the contract price, the schedule, or both.

Change orders arise from design changes, unforeseen site conditions, owner requests, or scope that was missed in the original documents. Each one documents what changed, what it costs, and how it affects the timeline.

Pricing a change order is a small estimate in itself — quantifying the added or deleted work and pricing it against the original basis. Keeping that tied back to the original takeoff and estimate is what makes a change order defensible, the kind of continuity Quotr is built to maintain.

For contractors, change orders are how legitimate extra work gets paid rather than absorbed. For owners, they are the record of why a project's final cost differs from the contract.