Change Order Review
Trace change activity from the field to its final commercial disposition.
A change log is important. It is not always the whole record.
The Question
Can each material change be traced from occurrence through final disposition?
Echelon compares the records showing what changed in the work with the records showing what was priced, submitted, revised, approved, billed, paid, rejected, or otherwise closed.
The purpose is to find breaks in that chain—not to assume every difference is recoverable.
The Chain
Occurred
Field direction, T&M work, scope change, revised drawings, or other evidence the work changed.
Commercial treatment
Pricing, proposal, submission, revision, negotiation, approval, rejection, or unresolved status.
Reached the final account
Contract incorporation, billing, payment, write-down, write-off, credit, backcharge, or unresolved balance.
What We Test
The handoffs between records.
- Performed work absent from the change log
- Submitted values that do not reconcile to final disposition
- Approved changes not reflected in billing
- Pending items with no documented closeout
- T&M records disconnected from commercial tracking
- Credits and backcharges that do not reconcile to the final account
Boundary
Echelon reconciles the project and commercial record. Entitlement, damages, and legal remedies belong with counsel or the appropriate claims professional.