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Author Message Nathan Woods, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 342 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - 08:25 pm:    Here is an interesting article, with much more interesting comments and responses below (including Ron Geren's): http://constructionadvisortoday.com/2010/09/are-written-change-order-requirements-still-relevant.html (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 12:05 pm:    I think the author misses the mark. Although there are some A/E offices that still shy away from Construction Change Directives, other offices (and Owners) use them almost recklessly (in my view). CCDs permit the Contractor to proceed with changes that are on the "critical path" so that impact on the project is minimize. In my view (and what I teach in my CDT classes) is that every CCD should resolve itself into a Change Order which can effect all three of the "essences" of the contract (scope, schedule, budget). The CCD is not a Architect's Supplemental Instruction; a "get-out-of-jail" card to get something for nothing. It is a directive for the Contractor to proceed with the understanding that potential cost and schedule issues will be resolved in good faith. That resolution is a written Change Order modifying the construction contract. (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Monday, September 13, 2010 - 04:35 pm:    The case cited has nothing to do with Construction Change Directives. This is about an architect that messed up in giving a fee proposal to the client without adding the additional fee required of its MEP consultant to do all of the work. This case involves a consultant to the architect suing the architect for the money it was owed in performing the work it was aked to do.