Trends and Change Orders
Improve Capital Project Control by Managing What Matters Most, Which is Change
Change is inevitable in large capital projects, but chaos is not. Contruent Enterprise empowers teams with advanced project controls software to anticipate, track, evaluate and manage project changes with its integrated trends and change orders workflow.
This built-in functionality acts as the central nervous system for change management, linking every shift in scope, schedule, or budget to a single source of truth. With our powerful lifecycle cost management software, you can enhance agility, reduce risk, and maintain confidence in your project delivery outcomes.
Contruent Change Management
Proactively Manage Potential Changes with “Trends”
Contruent’s Trends functionality is the first line of defense in change management for capital projects. It allows project teams to:
- Identify and document potential changes early in the project lifecycle.
- Establish automated review workflows with action items for validation.
- Evaluate risk implications before committing to costs.
- Update Estimates at Completion (EAC) based on real-time insights.
By capturing early signals of change, stakeholders can act before minor issues become costly setbacks.
Streamline Approval Cycles with Change Orders
Once a trend is validated, Contruent enables users to seamlessly convert trends into Change Orders, a fully auditable mechanism for updating budgets, timelines and scope. Key benefits include:
- Integration with project scheduling tools for accurate time-phasing.
- Customizable approval workflows based on monetary authority levels.
- Real-time notifications and mobile approvals for stakeholders.
- Full traceability of contract modifications from proposal to execution.
Every Change Order tells the complete story, what changed, who approved it and why.
Group and Govern with Change Requests and Boards
For strategic or grouped project changes, Change Requests allow users to bundle related Change Orders and submit them for Change Board review. This process supports:
- Enhanced governance over high-impact capital project changes.
- Consolidated documentation and justification packages.
- Transparent audit trails for regulatory compliance and stakeholder reporting.
Data-Driven Change Management at Scale
Contruent Enterprise integrates Change Management directly with its budgeting, forecasting and scheduling tools. This unified approach delivers:
- Automated budget updates upon change approval.
- Time-phased cost allocations aligned with updated timelines.
- Real-time impact analysis on financial and schedule KPIs.
- Custom dashboards for instant reporting and insights.
No more disconnected spreadsheets, every change is synchronized across the platform, delivering full visibility and auditability.
Why Leading Capital Project Teams Choose Contruent
Organizations using Contruent Enterprise for change control have achieved:
- Up to 15% faster project closeouts through centralized data handling.
- An average 4% reduction in contract overspend via better oversight.
- Improved cost and schedule forecasting accuracy by linking change data to real-time project controls.
Make Every Change Count
Change doesn’t have to be synonymous with disruption. With Contruent’s lifecycle cost management solution, your team transforms project volatility into opportunities for precision, accountability and control. Contact us to learn more about how Contruent Trends and Change Orders can streamline your change management process.