Change Order Basics

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Benefits

Attend this teleconference and receive valuable information on change orders, construction change directives, cardinal changes, abandonment, contract modifications and managing change. You will gain a clear understanding of these concepts and how they apply to the owner, contractor, subcontractor, lender and surety. The panel will discuss differing site conditions, defective or ambiguous plans and specifications, disclosure of information, allowances, owner interference, inspections, unit prices, ripple effect, cumulative impacts, disruption, total cost claims, modified total cost claims and contingency, and how these concepts relate to construction contract modifications.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to identify typical change order concepts.
  • You will be able to describe the role of the owner, architect, contractor, subcontractor, lenders and surety.
  • You will be able to recognize causes of change.
  • You will be able to explain total cost method and modified total cost method.


Agenda

Overview of Change Orders and Modifications
  • Three Axioms of Construction Change
  • Avoiding or Resolving Change Order Claims and Disputes
Change Orders in General
  • Contract Provisions
  • Benefits of Using Change Orders
  • Pitfalls
Types of Changes
  • Actual and Constructive Changes
  • Contractual Change Orders
  • Cardinal Change
  • Abandonment
Typical Change Order Concepts
  • Definitions
  • Contract Clauses
  • Changes Without Change Orders
Change Order Process
  • Role of the Owner, Architect, Contractor, Subcontractors, Lenders and Surety
  • Formation, Negotiation, Management and Documentation
Causes of Change
  • Differing Site Conditions
  • Defective or Ambiguous Plans and Specifications (The Spearin Doctrine)
  • Failure to Disclose Information
  • Allowances
  • Owner Interference, Inspections, Forces Majeure
Pricing Change Orders
  • Estimating
  • GAP, False Claims, Equipment Prices, Unit Prices
  • Indirect Costs, and Overhead and Profits
  • Ripple Effect and Cumulative Impact
  • Disruption
  • Total Cost Method and Modified Total Cost Method
Change Order Problems
  • Impasse on Pricing
  • Contingency

Faculty

Robert J. "Mike" Cathcart, Esq., Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Bryan C. Jackson, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP


Robert J. “Mike” Cathcart, Esq.
  • Partner in the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • Practicing law for the past 35 years, with a focus on construction legal issues for more than 32 years
  • Represented clients in hundreds of cases resolved by settlements, arbitrations, minitrials, mediations, and both jury and nonjury trials involving construction and real estate disputes
  • Panelist for the state of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar, coordinator of the construction law panel for the 13th Annual Real Property Institute and served on a committee for the reform of the AIA contract documents
  • Super Lawyer by Key Professional Media, Inc.’s Super Lawyers and a Best Lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America for his construction law experience and achievements
  • Graduate, Stanford University and University of Washington School of Law
  • Can be contacted at 213-955-5552 or mcathcart@allenmatkins.com

Bryan C. Jackson
  • Partner in the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • National expert in drafting and negotiating construction and design professional contracts for all project types, including hospitals, sports facilities, universities, hotels, high-rise office buildings, desalination plants, mass transit systems, retail power centers, environmental remediation projects, climate-controlled public storage facilities, tenant improvements, luxury apartments and condominium complexes
  • Editor of the Green Building Update, a weekly publication on sustainable and green building issues launched in January 2008
  • Served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California since 1990
  • Taught the “Green Building and Sustainable Construction” course for the USC Master of Real Estate Development Program in the fall of 2008
  • Taught the MRED course “Construction Management and Technology” for the prior 18 years
  • Frequent speaker on topics concerning green and sustainable construction
  • Admitted into the American College of Real Estate Lawyers in 2003
  • Past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Subsection on Construction Law and the past chair of the Real Property Section; international board member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society; and serves on the planning committee for the USC Real Estate and Business Symposium
  • Received The Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services presented by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California
  • Recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2004 to 2008 (Los Angeles Magazine) and received the People Making Waves Award from Adventists Healthcare in 2002
  • J.D. degree, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
  • B.A. degree, Brigham Young University
  • Can be reached at 213-955-5575 or bjackson@allenmatkins.com





These Materials are Designed For

Construction and project managers, engineers, presidents, vice presidents, owners, architects, controllers, accountants, contract managers and attorneys

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