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Change Orders

A deductive change order (amount of work is reduced by change order) typically includes contractor overhead & profit. True or False?

AnswerFalse, the original bid would have included the contractor's time to line up subs and estimate costs. When combining + & - change orders the net difference would include overhead & profit.

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