Common use of Owner’s Right to Make Changes Clause in Contracts

Owner’s Right to Make Changes. Without invalidating the Contract, the Owner, by Change Order and without notice to the sureties, may authorize or order extra work or changes by altering, adding to, or deducting from the Work or the Contract Time, the Contract Sum being adjusted accordingly. All Change Orders shall be performed under the conditions of the original Contract except that any claim for extension of time caused thereby shall be adjusted, if required, at the time of signing of the Change Order. (See Change Order formats in Section 7.) Should any designee authorized to accept and approve changes to the Contract Sum or limits of any designee’s authority change during the time this Contract is in effect, the Contractor or Owner shall give written notice to the other as provided in Article 1.1.5. There is no legal limitation on the Owner’s right to make changes such as may be, in the Owner’s sole discretion, useful or desirable to the Project.

Owner’s Right to Make Changes. Without invalidating the Contract, the Owner, by Change Order and without notice to the sureties, may authorize or order extra work or changes by altering, adding to, or deducting from the Work or the Contract Time, the Contract Sum being adjusted accordingly. All Change Orders shall be performed under the conditions of the original Contract except that any claim for extension of time caused thereby shall be adjusted, if required, at the time of signing of the Change Order. (See Change Order formats in Section 7.) Should any designee authorized to accept and approve changes to the Contract Sum or limits of any designee’s designee‟s authority change during the time this Contract is in effect, the Contractor or Owner shall give written notice to the other as provided in Article 1.1.5. There is no legal limitation on the Owner’s Owner‟s right to make changes such as may be, in the Owner’s Owner‟s sole discretion, useful or desirable to the Project.