🚨 WEBINAR TOMORROW 98% of GCs have experienced fee erosion from change order negotiations. Two-thirds say T&M and unsolicited changes are their biggest sources of risk. Yet fewer than 1 in 4 report having real visibility into either. Those are just a few of the findings from the new 2026 GC Change Order Report, the largest independent study of change order management conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics and Clearstory. Join Dodge Senior Director of Industry Insights Research Steve Jones and Clearstory VP Chris Tzortzis tomorrow at 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET as they break down where change order risk is actually occurring, why it continues to erode margin, and what the highest-performing GCs are doing differently. Register now and receive the full report 👉 https://lnkd.in/gdt43wph #GeneralContractors #ConstructionIndustry #ChangeOrders #ConstructionManagement #DodgeData
Clearstory
Software Development
San Francisco , California 27,245 followers
Tired of change orders hiding in spreadsheets and inboxes? We built the tool to fix that.
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Clearstory is the construction industry’s only Change Order Communication and workflow software built to close the change order gap between GCs, subs, and owners. Our cloud-based platform brings everyone onto the same page with a live, shared Change Order Log, digital T&M workflows, and real-time visibility into extra work. The result? Faster approvals, better forecasting, and fewer late surprises.
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https://www.clearstory.build/
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New research from Clearstory and Dodge Data & Analytics reveals a significant disconnect between GCs and their trades on change order risk. GCs say 67% of the unsolicited change orders they receive surprise them. Trade contractors believe that number is 43%. That's nearly twice the surprise rate that trade contractors believe they are creating. Poorly connected workflows between GCs, trades, and owners drive this gap, and it shows up in fee erosion, payment disputes, contentious closeouts, and strained relationships across projects. The 2026 GC Change Order Report from Clearstory and Dodge Data & Analytics puts hard numbers on exactly how deep it runs and what top-performing teams are doing to close the gap. Join us Thursday, June 25 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET as Clearstory VP Chris Tzortzis and Dodge Senior Director Steve Jones present the findings live. All webinar attendees receive the full report. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gdt43wph #ChangeOrders #ChangeOrderGap #GeneralContractors #ConstructionRisk #Clearstory
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Thanks Chris Perkins for joining Cameron in presenting the Change Order Risk Control Matrix to the CFMA audience! For anyone interested in downloading the control matrix and evaluating how their change order workflows stack up against top-tier controls, we've made the matrix available for download 👉 https://lnkd.in/gb-GzzXk
If you want a packed room of construction financial professionals on a Sunday morning, apparently, you talk about change orders. Spoke at CFMA this Sunday with my friend Chris Perkins, former Vice Chairman of PwC, to share the Risk, Accountability and Controls Matrix (RACM) we developed for the change order process in construction. The RACM is a framework for assigning clear ownership over the change order process. It maps end-to-end where the risk sits, who is accountable at each step, and the controls that need to be in place across the COR and T&M lifecycle. The goal is to give every team, whether GC, sub, or owner, a way to level up how this part of the business runs. Sharp questions and great conversations after. Thanks to CFMA for the platform and to everyone who came out. If you'd like a copy of the RACM, shoot me a DM and I'll send it over. We'll also have it available to download from our website soon.
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🚨 WEBINAR ALERT: The data is in. The change order gap is real, measurable, and costing GCs money. And we're presenting the findings live on July 25. The 2026 GC Change Order Report from Clearstory and Dodge Data & Analytics is out. Here's what it found: ⚠️ 67% of GCs are surprised by unsolicited change orders their trades saw coming. ⚠️ Fewer than 1 in 4 have real visibility into their biggest risk drivers. ⚠️ Only 7% rate their T&M process as very effective. This is the research GCs have been waiting for. Don't sit this one out. Thursday, June 25 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET with Clearstory VP Chris Tzortzis and Dodge Senior Director Steve Jones. Register now and receive the full report 👉 https://lnkd.in/gdt43wph #ChangeOrders #GeneralContractors #ConstructionIndustry #ChangeOrderManagement #DodgeData
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Another week, another customer site visit. Nima Haghbin, our Hawai'i-based CSM, was on Oahu this week walking Swinerton's Hawai'i Convention Center renovation. After getting a firsthand look at the project, he stayed to train their self-perform crew: Millwork, Concrete, and Drywall foremen plus a handful of GC supers. We brought the swag. They brought great questions. This is what customer obsession looks like when construction is in your DNA. You show up where the work is happening. Big shoutout to the Swinerton team for the warm welcome. 🤙 #CustomerObsessed #BuiltForConstruction #Clearstory #Hawai'i #Swinerton #ChangeOrders
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About a year ago, The Haskell Company brought Clearstory onto one of its largest active projects to get real visibility into Change Order and T&M workflows. The logic was simple: if it works here, it can work anywhere. Since then, they've expanded from one project to four, with growing excitement from additional project teams across the organization. Last week, we hit a cool milestone. Pat Chevalier-Morrisey, Jessica Crane, and Luke Barragan were invited by Haskell's technology innovation team, Dysruptek, to visit its HQ in Jacksonville and present to a mix of Ops end-users and execs, self-perform teams, project controls, and data-focused roles. At Clearstory, we're customer-obsessed, and Haskell's initiative to open its doors, bring us in front of their people, and push for real adoption is exactly the kind of partnership that fuels it. Dysruptek is dedicated to discovering and evaluating emerging technologies that could reshape the construction industry. We're grateful for the opportunity to showcase Clearstory and be part of the conversation around what's next for the built environment. Proud to be growing alongside the Haskell team. We're just getting started. #Construction #ChangeOrders #TandM #ProjectControls #BuildingBetter
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Thanks to the Construction Technology Podcast team for featuring Clearstory Founder & CEO Cameron Page to discuss one of construction's biggest challenges: managing change. One point from the conversation stood out: The industry has spent years trying to eliminate rework. But change isn't going away. Owners change priorities. Designs evolve. Scope develops. Field conditions shift. The real opportunity is helping project teams understand and align on change faster, before uncertainty turns into cost, delay, and risk. The teams that can create clarity fastest are the teams best positioned to keep projects moving forward. Listen to the full episode below.
The construction industry has spent 20 years trying to eliminate rework. PlanGrid pitched it. BIM pitched it. A wave of AI companies are pitching it now. But after speaking with Cameron Page Page from ClearStory, I think the better frame is this: Change is not going away. Owners change their mind. Design evolves. Scopes get released before everything is fully coordinated. Long lead items force early awards. Trade partners help finalize design through submittals. Inspectors interpret things differently. Data centers literally change while they are being built. Yes, bad rework should be reduced. But the idea that construction is going to become a perfectly coordinated, zero-change environment misunderstands the industry. The bigger opportunity is helping teams handle change faster. Because once a change happens, the clock starts ticking. A subcontractor may already be doing the work. The GC may not know the full exposure. The owner may not have enough information to make a decision. The schedule may start absorbing delays. And everyone is waiting on emails, logs, pricing, approvals, and context. That is where the real cost lives. Not just in the change itself. The companies that win in construction tech will not just help teams avoid every possible mistake upfront. They will help the industry make better decisions when reality inevitably changes. Listen to our conversation with Cameron Page from Clearstory. Link below.
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3 days a week down to 30 minutes. That's how much field time Superior Industrial Insulation cut from their T&M and change order process after switching to Clearstory. For a 200-person specialty contractor carrying millions in out-of-contract work across multiple offices, that's not a small win. Their approval cycle went from 6-8 months to under 4. Their field crews log work digitally instead of chasing carbon copy tickets. And their GC customers now have direct access to a live COR log, instead of sending monthly "what's outstanding?" emails. "Without Clearstory, you could have millions of dollars out there in extra costs that you're just not aware of. And that's a really difficult place to be as a contractor." - Adam Carter, Director of Fire & Life Safety Read the full story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gw4P9z8E #SpecialtyContractors #ChangeOrders #Construction #TandM #Clearstory
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9 in 10 GCs say change orders are more frequent than they were five years ago. More than 70% of specialty contractors say the same. Big thanks to Bricks & Bytes for hosting Clearstory CEO Cameron Page to break down what that volume means for financial risk in commercial construction and what it looks like when you finally get it under control.
Everyone calls change orders the boring part of construction. "We do about three and a half billion in change orders every month through the platform." — Cameron Page, CEO, Clearstory 30,000 monthly active users. 7,500 companies in 90 days. That's not admin — that's infrastructure. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gnseM2JS
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Halfway through CFMA 2026 in Phoenix and it has been a great one so far. Clearstory CEO Cameron Page and Chris Perkins presented "Stronger Controls for Change Order Risk" to a packed room. The energy was great: construction finance professionals who were engaged and ready to put controls to work on risks they live every day. Traffic at the booth has been just as strong. So many great conversations with GCs, specialty contractors, and financial leaders thinking seriously about how they manage change order exposure and what better controls actually look like in practice. If you requested the RACM template, it is on its way to your inbox. We are here through Wednesday so stop by the booth and say hello. #CFMA #ChangeOrders #ConstructionFinance #RiskManagement #Clearstory
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