Procore Superintendent Certification Procore Superintendent Change Order Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Procore, who typically has authority to approve a Prime Contract Change Order (PCCO)?
- The project superintendent
- The owner or owner's authorized representative (Correct answer)
- The subcontractor performing the work
- The project engineer of record
Correct answer: The owner or owner's authorized representative
Prime Contract Change Orders modify the value of the prime contract and therefore require approval from the owner or their authorized representative.
Question 2: What Procore feature allows a superintendent to formally request pricing from subcontractors when evaluating the cost of a potential change?
- Transmittals module
- Request for Quote (RFQ) within the PCO or Change Event (Correct answer)
- Punch List module
- Meeting Minutes
Correct answer: Request for Quote (RFQ) within the PCO or Change Event
Procore's change management module allows RFQs to be sent directly to subcontractors from within a PCO or Change Event to formally gather pricing.
Question 3: When an owner issues a Change Directive requiring the superintendent to proceed with work before pricing is agreed upon, what is the best practice in Procore?
- Refuse to proceed until a signed change order is issued
- Document the directive as a PCO and track actual costs using time and materials (T&M) methods (Correct answer)
- Issue a new RFI to delay the work pending resolution
- Immediately mark the change as approved in Procore
Correct answer: Document the directive as a PCO and track actual costs using time and materials (T&M) methods
A Change Directive requires proceeding with work; documenting it as a PCO with T&M cost tracking protects the contractor's entitlement to full compensation.
Question 4: In Procore's change management module, what does the term 'markup' refer to when building a change order estimate?
- Red ink annotations on construction drawings
- The percentage added to direct costs for overhead and profit (Correct answer)
- The revision number on a submittal document
- The specification section number related to the change
Correct answer: The percentage added to direct costs for overhead and profit
In Procore change orders, markup is the percentage added on top of direct labor, material, and equipment costs to cover overhead and profit.
Question 5: A superintendent needs to formally adjust a subcontractor's scope and cost because of an owner-directed addition. Which Procore document type should be created?
- Prime Contract Change Order (PCCO)
- Commitment Change Order (CCO) (Correct answer)
- Potential Change Order (PCO)
- Request for Information (RFI)
Correct answer: Commitment Change Order (CCO)
A Commitment Change Order (CCO) is the Procore document used to formally modify a subcontract or purchase order when scope or cost changes occur.
Question 6: What is the purpose of linking a PCO to a specific cost code in Procore?
- To assign the work to a specific crew member in the field
- To track the financial impact of the change against the correct budget line item (Correct answer)
- To automatically generate a schedule update for the change
- To notify the design team of the scope change
Correct answer: To track the financial impact of the change against the correct budget line item
Linking a PCO to a cost code ensures the financial impact of the change is tracked against the correct budget category, enabling accurate cost reporting and forecasting.
Question 7: In Procore, which change order status indicates the change has been fully executed by all parties and the contract value has been officially updated?
- Draft
- Pending
- Approved (Correct answer)
- Under Review
Correct answer: Approved
An 'Approved' status in Procore confirms the change order has been executed by all required parties and the contract value is officially adjusted.
Procore Superintendent Certification Procore Superintendent Change Order Management 2
In Procore, who typically has authority to approve a Prime Contract Change Order (PCCO)?