AUDIT NOTES 'AVOIDABLE' CHANGES

A legislative audit of recent highway projects in the state of Washington found that the average cost overrun of 10% was similar to other states, but the auditors also found that about one-third of the total number of change orders, or $35.4 million, could have been avoided. They were caused by inadequate field investigation, unclear specifications, plan error, design change, or mistakes by a construction engineer. A large portion of change orders are desirable in that they correct work inefficiencies that can result in savings and therefore add value to a project, but about $3 million per year can be saved by cutting back on the "no value added" change orders, the audit reports.

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• Authors:
  • Korman, R
  • Daniels, S H
• Publication Date: 1998-3-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 240
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Auditing; Cost control; Costs; Programming (Planning); Project management; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost savings; Projects
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Changes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747957
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM