Definition
A change order is a contractual amendment that adds cost or time to a project for work outside the original agreed scope.
Change orders are where fixed-fee proposals make their margin: anything excluded or left ambiguous becomes billable later, often with no price ceiling. Demand a change-order cap and a register of exclusions with dollar-impact estimates before signing.
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