What are the different change order tier settings in Project Financials?

Answer

In Procore Project Financials, the change order tier settings determine the number of steps that must be completed in your project team's workflow when creating a for a or . In Procore Project Financials, your team can choose from a One (1)-tier, Two (2)-tier-, or Three (3)-tier configuration setting.

 Important
  • Always configure the change order tier setting on a Project Financials tool before allowing your team to create change orders.

  • After you create one (1) or more change orders on a Project Financials tool, you cannot change your setting.

To learn how change order tiers can be configured in these Project Financials tools, see a link below:

  • Prime Contract Change Order Tiers

  • Commitment Change Order Tiers

Using Owner or Specialty Contractor Terminology?

Procore can be configured to use terminology specific to General Contractors, Owners, or Specialty Contractors. Learn how to apply the dictionary options.

  • To learn the differences: Show/Hide

    • This table shows the differences in tool names (bold) and terms across the point-of-view dictionaries for Project Financials.

      General Contractors
      English (United States) - Default

      Owners
      English (Owner Terminology V2)

      Specialty Contractors
      English (Specialty Contractor Terminology)

      Invoicing

      Invoicing

      Progress Billings

      Owner

      Funding

      Owner

      Owner/Client

      Owner/Client

      GC/Client

      Prime Contract Change Order

      Funding Change Order

      Client Contract Change Order

      Prime Contracts

      Funding

      Client Contracts

      Revenue

      Funding

      Revenue

      Subcontract

      Contract

      Subcontract

      Subcontractor

      Contractor

      Subcontractor

      Subcontractor Schedule of Values (SSOV)

      Contractor Schedule of Values (CSOV)

      Subcontractor Schedule of Values (SSOV)

      About These Dictionaries
      • Default Setting: The 'General Contractor' dictionary is enabled by default for all accounts.

      • Availability: These alternate dictionaries in italics are available in US English only.

      How to Switch Your Dictionary

      To change your company's terminology to the Owner or Specialty Contractor dictionary, contact your company's . They will work with your Procore Point of Contact to make the change.

Prime Contract Change Order Tiers

The Prime Contract tool can be set up to manage your project's change orders using a 1-tier, 2-tier-, or 3-tier configuration. See Configure the Number of Prime Contract Change Order Tiers. The following workflow diagram describes how your users will manage change orders, depending upon the configuration setting you choose for the Prime Contracts tool.

diagram-change-orders prime-contract-change-orders

  • One (1) Tier Change Orders
    This configuration setting allows you to create a change order when there is a change to the original scope of work on a prime contract. Prime contract change orders can then be sent to the project owner for approval.

  • Two (2) Tier Change Orders
    This is Procore's default configuration setting. It requires your project team to first create a potential change order. Potential change orders can then be grouped into a prime contract change order. Prime contract change orders can then be sent to the project owner for approval.

     Note

    If your billing process does NOT require you to group all of the approved change orders for the month into a single, combined change order for final signature, the two-tier configuration is the recommended setting for the Funding tool.

  • Three (3) Tier Change Orders
    This is an uncommon configuration setting to implement in Procore. It requires your project team to first create a potential change order. Potential change orders are then added individually or grouped into a change order request. Next, a change order request is submitted for approval. After approval, change order requests can be grouped into a single prime contract change order and sent to the project owner for approval.

Commitment Change Order Tiers

The Commitments tool can be set up to manage your project's change orders using a 1-tier, 2-tier-, or 3-tier configuration. See Configure the Number of Commitment Change Order Tiers. The following workflow diagram describes how your users will manage change orders, depending upon the configuration setting you choose for the Commitments tool.

diagram-change-orders-cco

  • One (1) Tier Change Orders
    This is Procore's default configuration setting. It allows you to create a change order when there is a change to the original scope of work on a commitment. Commitment change orders can then be sent to the downstream collaborator for approval.

  • Two (2) Tier Change Orders
    This setting requires your project team to first create a commitment potential change order. Commitment potential change orders can then be grouped into a commitment change order. Commitment change orders can then be sent to the downstream collaborator for approval.

  • Three (3) Tier Change Orders
    This is an uncommon configuration setting to implement in Procore. It requires your project team to first create a commitment potential change order. Commitment potential change orders are then added individually or grouped into a change order request. Next, a change order request is submitted for approval. After approval, change order requests can be grouped into a single commitment contract change order and sent to the downstream collaborator for approval.

     In Beta

    If you decide to use the two (2) or three (3) tier configuration setting, you also have the option of allowing your project collaborators to create their own Potential Change Orders (PCOs). To learn more, see Allow Collaborators to Submit Field-Initiated Change Orders (Beta).

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