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Tennessee Contracts & Documents
Clear documents keep scope and payment disputes from spiraling. This chapter covers change orders and the AIA general conditions.
Change orders
Extra work outside the original contract scope should be authorized by a written change order signed by both parties that sets out the added work, its price, and any schedule impact. Relying on a verbal 'go ahead' is a leading cause of unpaid extras and disputes.
The AIA general conditions
In a standard AIA contract set, the A201 General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (current edition A201-2017) is the rulebook that defines notice, claims, changes, payment, and dispute resolution, and it is referenced by the owner-contractor agreement. A701 governs bidding, and G703 is payment-application backup.