A change order that was verbally approved in the field isn't documentation — it's a story two people can remember differently once money is on the line. For a sub, that gap is where legitimate work turns into an unpaid dispute.
“They do the work, tell the GC 'no problem,' and then send me a vague text or a blurry photo of a scribbled note 2 weeks later. By the time I write up the Change Order, the GC denies it because it wasn't documented in time.”
“Lost ~$4k this month on unbilled T&M work.”
How it works
Send your change order documentation and correspondence
Emails, texts, memos — whatever record exists of what was agreed and when.
We review it for dispute exposure
What's provable if a GC pushes back, and what isn't.
Get a written audit of the gaps
And how to close them before the pattern repeats on the next job.
Next step
A written audit — here's what it costs and what it recovers.
Change Order Audit$9,999 one-time
A review of your change order documentation and dispute exposure. Finds where approvals slip through verbal exchanges. Pays back on three months of typical T&M leakage.