Establish top-down authority for key project and design decisions, or else individual heavyweight faculty people will start dictating special design elements that will cause budget, schedule, and flexibility problems. One way to effect this is to have a dean or provost present at all project meetings. You should count on substantial post-design project changes. To anticipate this, make change management an explicit part of your A/E agreement.

- From Tradeline’s College and University Science Buildings 2007 conference.

What is a change order?