Change Order and Field Order Management. The CMF will apply its skill and experience to minimize the impact of Change Orders and Field Orders during construction through the timely processing of construction documents; minimizing changes arising from constructive acceleration; working with the Contractor to minimize the impact of field conditions that could result in added work; developing a screening process for change requests initiated by the City or Design Consultant. The CM will review all proposed change and field orders for constructability and notify the City’s Construction Manager of any resulting concerns with City. • The CM will develop a process for initiation, negotiation, approval, payment, and documentation of change orders, and perform change order administration, including issuing proposed change orders to contractor, maintaining logs of proposed and approved change orders, receiving Change Order and Field Order quotations from Contractor, negotiating Change Order and Field Order costs and time extensions, processing final negotiated Change Orders and Field Orders, and incorporating approved Change Orders and Field Orders into progress payment schedule of values. This procedure will be reviewed and approved by the City. In addition, the CMF will perform quantity and cost analysis as required for negotiation of Change Orders and Field Orders, evaluate all schedule impacts of changes, and will coordinate with the City as required for processing for Change Orders and Field Orders. The CM shall lead the negotiations with the Construction Contractor. • All contract modifications must be issued through the City’s Construction Manager. Approvals and/or denials will be returned through the CMF to the Contractor. • Any Contractor requested changes will be reviewed by the CM, Design Engineer and City to determine if the requested change is acceptable. A favorable decision will trigger the Change Order or Field Order process for additional costs or credits. All time and materials (T&M) Change Orders and Field Orders will be monitored and verified with daily reports. All T&M sheets will be signed within twenty four (24) hours of the actual work being performed • The CM or other field staff on site will prepare independent cost estimates of Change Orders with an estimated cost of over $20,000. Upon City approval, CMF may have estimates prepared by non-field staff.
Change Order and Field Order Management. The Construction Management Professional shall apply its skill and experience to minimize the impact of change orders and field orders during construction through the timely processing of construction documents; minimizing changes arising from constructive acceleration; working with the construction contractor to minimize the impact of field conditions that could result in added work; developing a screening process for change requests initiated by the City or Design Consultant. The Construction Management Professional shall review all proposed change and field orders for constructability and notify the City's Construction Manager of any resulting concerns with City. The Construction Management Professional shall develop a process for initiation, negotiation, approval, payment, and documentation of change orders, and perform change order administration, including issuing proposed change orders to construction contractor, maintaining logs of proposed and approved change orders, estimating actual costs of construction contractor's cost proposals based on X.X. Xxxxx, negotiating change order and field order costs and time extensions, processing final negotiated change orders and field orders, and incorporating approved change orders and field orders into progress payment schedule of values, and preparation of RFP (Request for Proposals) when needed. This procedure will be reviewed and approved by the City. In addition, the Construction Management Professional shall perform quantity and cost analysis as required for negotiation of change orders and field orders, evaluate all scheduleimpacts of changes, and coordinate with the City as required for processing change orders and field orders.
