On today’s modern, fast-paced, and complex construction projects, change is more frequent than ever. And whether they are design changes requested by your General Contractor or extra work that you are tracking on a time and material basis, Change Orders can be painful. Changes also represent large risks for Specialty Contractors because they front the money for the work to be performed, but need Change Orders approved quickly to keep from being upside-down on the job and on the balance sheet.
After hearing from our customers, we’ve identified these Top 5 Change Order Pain Points that Specialty Contractors face:
Interestingly, all of these pain points manifest from the same root cause: the fact that as multiple stakeholders work on a project, everyone is tracking change orders internally, and how we align on what’s outstanding is through a manual process of:
At Clearstory, we call this The Change Order Gap, which is where Specialty Contractor Change Orders stall, get missed by the GC, and end up stagnating into one of these pain points.
Clearstory was purpose-built to help Specialty Contractors solve The Change Order Gap and get CORs processed and closed faster to eliminate Change Order pain points at the source.
How do we do it? Clearstory works alongside your project financial solution to keep your GC up-to-date and reduce surprises on out-of-contract work. We do it with our core tool: a cloud-based Change Order Log that you can send to every one of your GCs with a simple shareable link to ensure they have all of your files, all of your latest revisions, and everything all in one place to eliminate the excuses that cover traditional processing delays.
On top of that, Clearstory has powerful workflows for digital T&M Tickets, COR Templates, analytics and project insights, and much more to solve the Change Order Gap.
Specialty Contractors using Clearstory report massive savings of revenue-at-risk, faster Change Order approvals and payments, streamlined close-outs, and increased business from GCs who are likewise ready for a smarter, streamlined Change Order solution and productive, happy teams.
The best part is you can get started in minutes without changing a single thing you’re doing today. Want to learn more about up-leveling your Change Order game and leaving Change Order headaches and pain points in the past? Contact us for a demo today.