Construction Change Order Management

Stop Scope Creep From Killing Your Project Profits

Every undocumented change eats into your margins. Get professional change order management that keeps residential and light commercial projects profitable.

Digital signatures from homeowners, automated documentation, and professional presentation help you get paid for every change while maintaining client relationships.

Create Anywhere
Build and send change orders instantly, from the field or office.
Get Approvals Faster
Track digital approvals and signatures in real-time.
Avoid Lost Revenue
Automatically update project budgets to eliminate billing errors.
Change order templates & formatting

Build your proposal from the job site or the office

  • Easily manage proposals from anywhere, whether you're out in the field or at your desk, boosting both flexibility and productivity.
  • Build and reuse change order templates with Beam and measure your target profit margin to reduce human error.
Client change order creation form showing line items for added project supervision and recessed lighting with cost breakdown, markup calculations, and formatting options for pricing display
1

Estimate your change

Organize your change order into sections, itemized costs, fees, and discounts. Choose markup and format the document.

2

Send the change order

Send the change order over email and request an approval and signature from the client portal.

3

Send an invoice

After approval, Beam automatically updates your budget and adds a new item to your contract for invoicing.

"When a change order is approved, it’s automatically reflected in the project invoice, reducing the time spent on manual adjustments by nearly 90% and ensuring that our billing is always accurate and up-to-date."
John Young, Managing Director
Maison Eureka Project Photo
“Beam has brought structure and clarity to our change order process. Now, 95% of change orders are approved or denied almost immediately. Before, it was often ambiguous, and in many cases, we didn’t even have formal written/signed change orders.”
Evan Underwood, COO
Evan Underwood, COO, Tate & Son
Email tracking

Fast-track change order approvals

  • Approvals are sent immediately after making a change order, allowing clients to review and respond in real time.
  • Speed up the approval process and keep projects on track with instant client notifications.
  • Create a digital paper trail of change order views and approvals.
  • Avoid costly disputes by maintaining a clear record of changes and approvals.
Activity log timeline showing change order workflow progress from approval through page viewing, email viewing, and final sending with timestamps
Delight your customers

Enhance customer experience with streamlined change order management

  • Send professional change order emails
  • Present your change order on Beam's hosted client portal
  • Collect digital signatures and approvals
Beam change order electronic signature interface showing Wendy Smith approving and signing Change Order #1 for $5,625 with digital signature preview and consent checkbox
Invoicing and online payment

Update budgets & send invoices automatically

Once a change order is approved, you still need to account for it and make sure you collect payment.

With a unified change order, invoicing, and job costing system, you can track project financials without the manual data entry.

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Invoice creation screen for Change Order #1 showing added recessed lighting work completed at 100% for $5,625.00 total amount

Frequently Asked Questions

Time is money. Save both.

Join hundreds of contractors that trust Beam to organize project finances and stay on budget.

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