Construction - managing a domestic subcontract scope change

Step by step

1. Assess Scope EntitlementJobs

   Review the subcontract documents to confirm the claimed work is genuinely outside the agreed scope before issuing any instruction or agreeing additional payment.

2. Issue Written InstructioneForms

   Raise a written scope change instruction referencing the original subcontract, describing the additional work, location, and relevant drawings or specification clauses.

3. Check Upstream EntitlementQuotes

   Establish whether a corresponding upstream variation instruction can be raised with the client to recover the downstream cost, and submit it before or alongside the downstream instruction.

4. Agree ValuationWorks Orders

   Price the additional scope using existing contract rates wherever applicable. Agree a lump sum or daywork rate before the work begins where no applicable rates exist.

5. Log in Variation RegisterJobs

   Record the instruction date, description, subcontractor, instructed scope, agreed value, and upstream instruction status in the project variation register.

6. Include in Payment RunPurchase Orders

   Add the agreed scope change value to the subcontractor's next payment application, matched to the corresponding upstream recovery where applicable.