Contractors Lose Money When Informal Change Approvals Are Later Disputed
Tradespeople and contractors routinely absorb financial losses when clients dispute mid-project change orders that were only verbally or text-message approved. Formal documentation slows field work, so most skip it and accept the risk. A frictionless lightweight change order tool built for field use could prevent significant revenue loss across the trades industry.
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