Back online
How Much Are You Paying?

“Change Order Tracking” That Can't
Even Auto-Calculate.

POD auto-calculates CO cascades, retainage impact, and contract adjustments. In real time.

---
CO Cascade Impact
---
AIA G701 Ready
---
Retainage + Budget
---
$33/mo for Teams

The Spreadsheet Behind Every Change Order

Your platform says it tracks change orders. Here is what it actually does.

01

Change Orders Live in a Spreadsheet

Your platform tracks the status of change orders — pending, approved, rejected — but the actual cost calculations happen in a separate spreadsheet. Every CO requires manual math to figure out the real financial impact.

02

No Cascading Cost Calculation

When a $47K change order is approved, what happens to retainage? What's the new contract total? Which budget lines are affected? Your current tool doesn't know. You calculate it yourself.

03

Pipeline Visibility Stops at Status

You can see that 24 potential COs are "identified" and 12 are "submitted." But what's the total exposure? What's the conversion rate? What's the average time from identification to approval? Blank.

04

The 9-Line Certificate Is Manual

Every pay period, someone manually assembles the AIA G701 Change Order Summary. They cross-reference approved COs, calculate net changes, and update the contract total by hand. Every single time.

How POD Replaces Manual CO Math

Automated CO Pipeline Tracking

Every potential change order flows through a visual pipeline — from identification through pricing, submission, and approval. POD tracks conversion rates, average cycle time per stage, and total financial exposure at every step.

Cascading Cost Auto-Calculation

When a CO is approved, POD automatically recalculates: retainage impact, updated contract total, affected budget categories, and downstream schedule of values adjustments. No spreadsheet. No manual math.

Real-Time Exposure Dashboard

See your total pending CO exposure, approved-to-date totals, and projected contract adjustments in real time. POD's AI flags COs that are aging too long or accumulating unusual cost patterns.

One-Click 9-Line Certificate

POD generates the AIA G701 Change Order Summary automatically from your approved COs. Original contract, net changes, revised contract total, retainage — all calculated and formatted. Download or share in one click.

From Identification to Auto-Calculated Certificate

Change orders flow through the pipeline while POD auto-calculates every financial cascade

0IDIdentified0PRPriced0SBSubmitted0APApproved$0AUTO-CALCULATED

Change Order Intelligence — Pipeline Funnel & Cost Cascade

Your current tool shows a status column. POD shows the full financial picture.

PCO Pipeline Funnel

POD
42 Active
$0
total pipeline exposure
Identified
$0
Pricing
$0
Submitted
$0
Negotiating
$0
Resolved
$0
42
Total PCOs
62%
Conversion
$340K
Resolved $
35 PCOs still in pipeline — $1.5M unresolved exposure

Defect Cost Cascade

POD
$0
DEFECTS0Rework$0Delay$0Warranty$0
Structural0 defects
Electrical0 defects
Mechanical0 defects
47 defects cascade into $315K total cost — rework is 59% of impact, client satisfaction dropped 12 pts

What Real Change Order Intelligence Looks Like

Pipeline Funnel Visualization

See every potential CO flowing through stages with conversion rates and bottleneck detection. Know where COs get stuck and why.

Auto-Cascade Calculations

Retainage, contract adjustments, budget reallocation, and SOV updates all happen automatically when a CO status changes.

Cost Trend Detection

AI monitors CO patterns — flagging unusual frequency, cost escalation trends, and trades with disproportionate change order volumes.

9-Line Certificate Generation

AIA G701 Change Order Summary auto-generated from approved COs. Original contract, additions, deductions, net change, revised total — all calculated.

Exposure Alerts

Real-time notifications when total CO exposure exceeds thresholds, when aging COs need escalation, or when budget categories are at risk.

Defect-to-CO Traceability

Track the full cascade: quality defect discovered, rework required, cost estimated, CO created. Every dollar traced back to its root cause.

“I was maintaining a 47-row spreadsheet just to track the cost cascade of approved change orders. Now POD recalculates everything the moment a CO status changes. I deleted the spreadsheet.”

— The problem POD was built to solve

Frequently Asked Questions

Stop Calculating Change Orders by Hand.

POD auto-calculates CO cascades, retainage impact, and contract adjustments in real time. Free to start. $33/month for teams.

Last updated: April 2026