Alex has always had a passion for construction. His first paycheck came from digging holes for fenceposts, which he continued to do over summer breaks in both high school and college. After graduating Colorado State University in 2010 with a bachelors in Economics, he moved to St. John in the U.S.V.I. to work as an installer in the solar energy industry. Once he returned home to Colorado he returned to the commercial fencing company that signed his first paycheck, and worked his way up from installer to foreman to estimator. As an estimator for a small business enterprise, Alex was responsible for accurately pricing scopes of work, reviewing and negotiating contracts with owners, general contractors, and suppliers, as well as ordering materials in accordance with More...More...
It’s going to be difficult and likely impossible to include an unknown or an unforeseeable change order amount in a contract with your surety for a bond. Typically those bonds are going to be based on the contract amount. If the contract amount is going to change substantially, especially by change order, your contract with the surety company itself for securing that bond may require you to seek approval from the bond company before such change ordSee More...See More...
Well, a lot of that will go back to the contract you have. If you have a clear change provision in your original contract, it should outline how changes are allowed to be authorized. If the change order provision allows written authorization via email, then absolutely that should be enforceable. If the contract requires a separate amendment to be added to the contract, which must be signed by both parties and be substantially in this form which is attacSee More...See More...