The owner needs a scope change to proceed before price and time are fully agreed. Which instrument is used to direct the change while reserving later adjustment?
Correct Answer
B) Construction change directive
A construction change directive directs a change before the parties have final agreement on price or time. Other choices are closeout, bidding, or payment documents rather than a directive to proceed with changed work.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A construction change directive directs a change before the parties have final agreement on price or time. Other choices are closeout, bidding, or payment documents rather than a directive to proceed with changed work.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Final lien waiver
The trap in A is Final lien waiver. That selection is wrong because it treats Construction change directive as optional.
Option C: Certificate of substantial completion
Choice C (Certificate of substantial completion) is rejected because it leaves out the controlling Construction change directive result: Construction change directive.
Option D: Bid addendum
In procurement and contracting, Bid addendum is the wrong selection for Construction change directive: it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Construction change directive action/result stated by Construction change directive.
Memory Technique
Link construction change directive to its book condition; a different condition means a different answer than Construction change directive.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Construction change directive" to confirm that A construction change directive directs a change before the parties have final agreement on price or time.
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