Change order
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- Also called
- Only this
- Taught in
- Flat rate or time and materials
- Lives in
- Jobs & work orders · Invoicing & payments
- Related
- Closeout
Change order
A written, priced change to agreed scope, approved before the extra work happens. The alternative is work done free and argued about at closeout.
In the Manual
Where the lessons say it.
The money of a service shop
Flat rate or time and materialsIf scope genuinely changed (new work discovered, not old work underestimated), that is a change order, written and approved.
In the product
Where it lives in Thorbis.
In Core
Jobs & work ordersEvery job is a single command center: timeline, line items, change orders, progress payments, photos, and forms in one place.
In Core
Invoicing & paymentsDeposits, milestone draws, change orders, and retainage on multi-phase work: progress billing from the job record, not a spreadsheet on the side.
Read more
Where the word is used.
Startup guide
How to start a roofing businessYou need it before the fifth job, because the pattern is always the same: the measurements are in one person’s phone, the material order is in a text, the change order is verbal, and the invoice goes out late because someone has to reconstruct what happened.
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