Landing the work has enough challenges in meeting the scope, schedule, and cost requirements of the client. You’re defeating yourself if you can’t be polite and practice simple business etiquette.

http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/top-10-basic-business-etiquette/

The purpose of a change order is to add work to an existing contract. Ideally this work is added with mutually agreeable terms in scope, time, and cost. These terms often cannot be agreed upon and contractors feel coerced into signing the document.

Consider not signing the change order.

http://sjcivil.net/white-paper/the-unilateral-change-order/

There’s an adage, fast/cheap/good, pick any two. This relates to the Project Management Triple Constraint. It also has other names like Iron Triangle and Project Triangle.

http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/project-management-triple-constraint/

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!

The very first episode of SJCC's Site Survey!