Systemic Challenges in Construction:
Change is the Only Constant

Change Orders remain the most prevalent source of disagreement during the construction lifecycle. This white paper discusses change management as an organizational objective, with a focus on tools to address and focus efforts
on impacts to the scope, schedule, quality and cost of the project.

It provides insights on the following:

1. Defining Change
2. Managing Change
3. Forecasting and Risk Analysis
4. Managing Change Orders and Claims
5. Using Contingency
6. Reporting

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About the Author

Alexia Nalewaik is a Principal with QS Requin Corporation, a quantity surveying firm and management consultancy, providing construction cost control services to entities undertaking capital improvement programs. Prior to QS Requin she was a senior manager with Moss Adams, LLP, leading the firm’s construction audit and advisory practice. She has over 17 years of public and private sector industry experience, in cost and risk management, owner’s representative services, independent audit, contract compliance, and project controls best practices. Alexia has a bachelor’s degree in physics, a master’s degree in structural engineering, and is a Certified Cost Engineer and Chartered Quantity Surveyor. She serves on the executive boards of AACE International, ICEC, and RICS Americas.