by Gaurav Mehrotra | Apr 22, 2020 | Owners, Podcast, SJCC
Executive summary. Most Project Owners are convinced that Contractors thrive on change orders. The truth is that most would prefer to have none. Read below a sort of open letter to Owners. Speed. I feel the need, the need for speed [QR]. Mr. Owner, when I signed this...
by Gaurav Mehrotra | Apr 15, 2020 | Change Orders, Owners, SJCC
Executive summary. Extra work on a construction project must be delivered at fair and reasonable prices. Owners should know they have this right in their Contract, and Contractors should know the owners have this right too. Here comes the extra work. A new scope of...
by Gaurav Mehrotra | Jul 9, 2018 | News, SJCC, White Paper
Executive Summary: The purpose of a change order is to add work to an existing contract. Ideally, this work is added with mutually agreeable terms in scope, time, and cost. These terms often cannot be agreed upon and contractors feel coerced into signing the document....
by Gaurav Mehrotra | Nov 1, 2016 | Learning Aid, News, SJCC
Proverb #1: No good deed goes unpunished. I’ve got a couple of these proverbs up my sleeve when it comes to construction. This one I normally share with the newbies to the biz, but I find that those that have been around awhile benefit from it too. Where’s this...
