Made for Architects
Manage a Client Change After Construction Starts
Also useful for: Project Managers, people in Creative
Take a client request from informal conversation to controlled construction action. You verify site facts, test options, document cost and schedule exposure, secure approval, and issue coordinated information.
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Use this when
Use this when your client requests a design or scope change after construction has started, especially when related work is already installed, ordered, fabricated, inspected, or scheduled.
You'll need
- Change request
- Reason and decision deadline
- Construction status
- Site conditions and completed work
- Authority requirements
- Affected project information
- Contractor and consultant input
- Cost and schedule information
- Known options and constraints
- Document history
You'll get
- The requested change defined
- The current approved baseline preserved
- Affected site conditions verified, or a clear record of what remains unverified
- Viable options compared
- Cost and schedule exposure documented
- Required approvals identified
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- The requested change defined
- The current approved baseline preserved
- Affected site conditions verified, or a clear record of what remains unverified
- Viable options compared
- Cost and schedule exposure documented
- Required approvals identified
Sample
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Sample input
You receive a request to replace six swing doors with sliding doors on Level 3 of your healthcare project. Your contractor has started framing, approved doors are in fabrication, and the framing inspection is four business days away. You can request pricing, but your client must approve additional services and construction cost. You have preliminary warnings about lead time, access-control power, ceiling coordination, and possible rework, but you don't yet have firm quotations.
Sample assembled prompt
You get a change-control package that... Your package identifies fabricated doors, framing,... You compare the approved swing doors,... You recommend checking the layout adjustment... You also receive a decision brief,...