Change order — generate one free (G701-style)

A change order with the standard contract-sum ladder and signature block — priced by the same deterministic engine as your estimates (never a language model inventing a number), and only ever approved by a human.

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What it is

A change order modifies the contract sum and/or time. The document that makes it auditable is the ladder: the original contract sum, the net of prior EXECUTED change orders, the sum before this change, this change, and the new contract sum. Donnie computes the ladder from the executed-CO register — proposed and rejected changes never contaminate it — and prices the work from the deterministic cost engine plus your overhead & profit.

The contract-sum ladder

Original contract sum

The base contract amount.

Net change by previously executed change orders

Executed COs only — the same executed-only basis as your CO register and dashboard.

Contract sum prior to this change order

Original + prior executed changes.

This change (add or deduct)

Priced from the deterministic engine's cost basis plus overhead & profit — every dollar traceable.

New contract sum

Prior sum + this change, effective when this CO is executed.

Signatures

Owner, architect/design professional, contractor — a change order is only a change order once the humans sign.

Common questions

Who approves a change order?

People do. Donnie prices and drafts; the status only moves to executed when the parties approve — the AI never approves cost or time changes.

Why 'executed changes only' in the ladder?

Because the register and dashboard use the same executed-only basis — and if proposed-but-unsigned changes leaked into the ladder, your contract sum would drift from what the parties actually signed.