Create Change Events

A change event is any change that affects a construction project's original scope. It can also be an event that alters the project schedule or leads to unexpected costs. In Procore, creating a change event helps your project's team and stakeholders prepare for potential cost changes before they become actual costs.

After a change event is created, you can then send a Request for Quote (RFQ) to your subcontractors. Subcontractors can then respond to RFQs (or a general contractor can enter a response to an RFQ on the subcontractor's behalf). The RFQ response includes all required documentation for the change event's potential cost and schedule impact. Once your subcontractor's RFQ responses are reviewed, your project team has the information needed to create a Potential Change Order (PCO).

• Required User Permissions:

  • 'Standard' level permissions or higher on the project's Change Events tool.

• Limitations:

  • A change event 'Number' is limited to a maximum of ten (1) characters.

• Alternate ways to create change events:

  • To learn how to use other Procore platforms and tools to create a change event, see Which Procore tools can I use to create a change event?

• Add the Change Events tool to the project. See Add and Remove Project Tools.

• Configure the tool's settings. See Configure Settings: Change Events.

• Create a New Change Event

• Add Change Event Line Items

Create a New Change Event

1. Choose from these options:

   • Open the Project Tools menu and click Create .
     
     OR

   • Navigate to the project's Change Events tool. Then click the Create button.
     

2. In the 'New Change Event' page, enter the following:

   • Number

      Notes

     • The default numbering scheme is 001, 002, 003, and so on.

     • You can customize the numbering scheme for the change events on your project at any time by typing an alphanumeric numbering scheme over the default value. For example, CE001, CE1000, CE-1000, and so on.

     • After customizing the numbering scheme, Procore uses it to assign new numbers to subsequent change events.

     • The change event number is limited to a maximum of ten (10) characters.

   • Title

   • Status

      Tip

     Which statuses are available for change events? For details, see What are the default statuses for change events in Procore?. Your company's Procore Administrator can also customize the options in this list. See Customize Change Event Statuses.

   • Origin

   • Type

   • Change Reason

   • Scope

   • Expecting Revenue

   • Line Item Revenue Source

   • Prime Contract for Markup Estimates

   • Description

   • Attachments
     
     

3. Click Save.
   Procore saves the new change event.

Add Change Event Line Items

1. Navigate to the project's Change Events tool.

2. Choose from these options:

   • Click the Detail tab. Then find the change event to update and click Edit.
     
     OR

   • Follow the steps in .

3. In the 'Edit Change Event' page, scroll to the 'Line Items' card.

4. Choose from these options:

   • To add one (1) new line item on the change event, click Add Line.
     OR

   • To add line items in bulk using line items from all of the project's commitments in the 'Approved' status, click Add Lines for All Commitments.
     OR

   • To import line items from a CSV file, see Import Change Event Line Items from a CSV File.

5. Complete the line item data entry as follows:
   

   • Budget Codes

      Tip

     Need help creating a new budget code? For step-by-step instructions, see Create Budget Codes in Procore's Project Financials Tools.

   • Description

   • Vendor

   • Contract

   • Qty

   • UOM

   • Unit Cost

   • Cost ROM

   • Non-Committed Cost

      NoteS

     • If you are using the enhancements for unit-based financials, this column will capture unit changes to UOM on both Rev ROM and Cost ROM.

     • If you follow those steps to show the ROM value in the budget, and the change event line item ends up having no cost, you will need to zero out the ROM to remove it from the budget

6. Click Update.

Update Production Quantities

Production Quantities relate to contracts and the budget through a combination of sub job and cost code. Users may edit these fields when editing change events line items in the change events edit page. However, if the Production Quantities are associated with a Prime potential change order or Budget Change, the Production Quantity will be locked unless unlinked from the change objects.

1. Navigate to the project's Change Events tool.

2. Locate and open an existing change event in the Line Items tab.
   OR
   Create a new change event. See .

3. Scroll to the Production Quantities card.

4. Click Add Line.

5. Complete the line item data entry as follows:

   • Sub Job. Select a sub job from the list.

   • Cost Code. Select a cost code from the list.

   • Description. Enter a description for the line item.

   • Qty. Enter a numeric value in this box to indicate the number of units that correspond to the unit of measurement that you specify.

   • **UOM. Select a Unit of Measure (UOM) from the drop-down list. To learn about the default selections in this list, see Which units of measure are included in Procore's master list? and Add a Unit of Measure to the Unit of Measure Master List.

6. Click Save.

• Create RFQs from a Change Event