5 - Variations
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      5.1 - Handling variations

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      What are variations?

      Variations are anything that are required once a project is on site that weren’t included the in tender scope. Being able to charge your client for these variations will depend on what they are and what type of contract you have. There are different ways you can manage variations within Chalkstring depending on whether or not you want to charge the client for them.  

      Variations

      The following video (23 mins) covers:

      • How to maximise margin on new scope variations (0:43)
      • How to price variations using contract rates (11:36)
      • How to add non-chargeable variations (16:02)
      • How to add negative variations (19:37)
      • Reporting (23:06)

      Test your learning

      Now that you have learned more about variations, try it out for yourself. The following activity documents contain practice examples to apply what you've learned.


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