Construction Project Management Software Features - Change Orders (CO)

The purpose of a Change Order (CO) is to modify the original Prime Contract due to a changed condition. Changes can be initiated by the owner, architect, regulatory agency, or one’s own firm due to field conditions. A Change Order can affect both the contract amount and time.

Within Corecon, Change Orders can be created manually or auto generated from Change Proposal Requests (CPR) or Work Orders (WO) using built-in wizards. Change Orders can be tracked regardless of contract type (i.e. fixed lump sum, cost plus, or unit price). When marked approved with an approval date, the Change Order will affect budgets for any type of contract.

Many mid-tier construction accounting applications can handle the financial aspect of change orders but lack the sophisticated reporting capabilities to actually generate the Change Order for the Owner’s review. With Corecon, this is no problem! Corecon’s strong reporting capabilities for Change Orders include detail reports, log reports, and customization options using Microsoft Word templates. No longer will your field staff have to create a Change Order in Microsoft Word to get the customer’s approval and then keep a log of these changes in Microsoft Excel. This is all automatic in Corecon!