ABSTRACT
Changes can arise from a customer's request, a self-inflicted engineering design modification or through the built project differing in some respect from the officially issued drawings, specifications or other formal instructions. Changes requested by the customer automatically imply a corresponding change to the contract, since the specification forms part of the contract documentation. In any project organization where changes are expected it is advisable to nominate a change coordinating clerk. The change coordinating clerk may reside in a contracts office, the project manager's administration group, the engineering department or in some other place. Changes requested by the customer which affect price, delivery or any other aspect of the original purchase order or contract require formal documentation. This documentation should fulfil the following functions: Describe the change, amend the purchase order or contract, authorize the contractor to make the change, promise payment and agree to any associated timescale revision.
