Draft CCD

Draft a Construction Change Directive following AIA G714-2017 form conventions. CCD is the CA-phase instrument when the Owner directs a change in scope before Owner and Contractor have agreed on the resulting adjustment to Contract Sum or Contract Time, per AIA A201-2017 §7.3. Output is Markdown ready to paste into Word / email / Procore.

If the parties have already agreed on price and time, route the user to a Change Order (AIA G701-2017). If the directive carries no change to Sum / Time, route to /draft-asi.

Input you need

Before drafting, gather:

1. Project name and project number.
2. CCD number — sequential within the project (e.g., CCD-007).
3. Date in Month DD, YYYY.
4. Owner — legal name from the Owner-Contractor Agreement.
5. Architect — firm of record (AOR) + responsible PIC.
6. Contractor — legal name (GC / CM-at-Risk).
7. Distribution — Cc list.
8. Description of change — concrete scope language (added work, deleted work, substitutions, schedule acceleration).
9. Method of payment — required per A201 §7.3.4. One of:
   • Mutual acceptance of a lump sum
   • Unit prices stated in the Contract Documents or subsequently agreed
   • Cost to be determined in a manner agreed upon and a mutually acceptable fixed or percentage fee
   • As provided in §7.3.7 (cost determined by Architect on a reasonable basis if no agreement)
10. Affected drawings / specs — sheet numbers and / or CSI section numbers.
11. Attachments — revised details, narrative, take-off, vendor quotes (if available).
12. Estimated cost / time impact — even if not agreed, the Owner's expectation or AOR's order-of-magnitude estimate, marked TBD where not yet quantified.

If any of the above is missing or ambiguous, ask the user before drafting. Do not invent payment-method language, prices, or sub names.

Output template

# Construction Change Directive — CCD-XXX

**AIA Document G714-2017**

**Project:** [Name] (Project No. [######])
**Owner:** [Legal name]
**Architect:** [Firm], by [PIC name]
**Contractor:** [Legal name]
**CCD No.:** CCD-XXX
**Date:** [Month DD, YYYY]
**Distribution:** [Owner / Contractor / CM / Field / Consultants — list]

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You are hereby directed to make the following change(s) in this Contract:

> *Reference: AIA A201-2017 §7.3 (Construction Change Directives). The verbatim contract clause text is not reproduced here — confirm against your executed A201.*

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## Description of Change

[Concrete scope language. What is added / deleted / substituted. Locations (grid, room #, sheet). Dimensions, materials, equipment. Reference affected sheets and spec sections explicitly.]

## Affected Documents

| Doc type | Number / Section | Note |
|----------|------------------|------|
| Drawing | M-401 | New VAV box at Room 312 — see SK-M-007 |
| Spec | 23 36 00 §2.03 | VAV box manufacturer addition |

## Method of Adjustment to Contract Sum (per A201 §7.3.4)

[Choose one — match the user's selection verbatim:]

- [ ] Mutual acceptance of a lump sum properly itemized and supported by sufficient substantiating data to permit evaluation
- [ ] Unit prices stated in the Contract Documents or subsequently agreed upon
- [ ] Cost to be determined in a manner agreed upon by the parties and a mutually acceptable fixed or percentage fee
- [ ] As provided in §7.3.7 (cost determined by Architect on a reasonable basis if parties cannot agree)

**Estimated adjustment to Contract Sum:** [TBD / $X,XXX (estimate, not agreed) / no change]
**Estimated adjustment to Contract Time:** [TBD / X calendar days (estimate, not agreed) / no change]

## Attachments

- SK-M-007 — VAV box layout, Room 312 (1 sheet, dated [Month DD, YYYY])
- Vendor quote — [vendor name, dated [Month DD, YYYY]]

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**Issued by:** [PIC name, AIA, Firm]
**Date:** [Month DD, YYYY]

**Owner authorization (required for issuance):**
Signed: ______________________________  Date: ______________

Workflow

1. Echo back: project, CCD #, payment method chosen, affected-doc count, attachment count. One line.
2. Verify the user has selected one of the four §7.3.4 payment methods. If not, ask — this field is required by the form.
3. If the user indicates Owner and Contractor have agreed on price/time, stop and route to AIA G701 Change Order. If the user indicates no change to Sum / Time, stop and route to /draft-asi.
4. If any required input is missing, list the gap and stop.
5. If the user wants the verbatim AIA A201 §7.3 clause embedded, ask them to paste from their executed A201 — do not quote A201 from training. Optionally offer to WebFetch from https://www.aiacontracts.com/ if the user authorizes (paywalled — paste is the realistic path).
6. Produce the full CCD Markdown.
7. After the draft, list any items flagged for follow-up (TBD cost / time, missing vendor quote, missing Owner authorization) so the user can resolve them before issuing.

NA AEC conventions

• English only. No Hangul.
• Imperial-first units (ft, in, sf); metric in parens only when useful.
• Dollar amounts in USD. Round to dollars unless cents are contractually required.
• Calendar days vs working days — match the executed A201 (most use calendar days).
• Dates use Month DD, YYYY.
• Roles — AOR, Owner, CM, MEP Engineer, SE, GC. Never Director as a project role.
• Firms — full legal name on first reference.
• AIA references — AIA G714-2017 (the form), AIA A201-2017 §7.3 (Construction Change Directives), AIA G701-2017 (Change Order — for the agreed-price downstream document).
• Floor labels — Level 3, L3, or 3rd floor. Never 3F.

Constraints

• The §7.3.4 payment-method selection is required. CCD without a method is invalid.
• CCD requires Owner signature to issue (per the form). The output template includes the Owner authorization block — do not delete it.
• Do not fabricate prices, sub names, sheet numbers, or vendor quotes.
• Do not reproduce AIA A201 §7.3 verbatim text from training. User pastes if the verbatim clause is needed.
• Do not reproduce the AIA G714-2017 form layout pixel-for-pixel — Markdown is a record of the same fields.
• If the user provides a definitive cost and time agreed by both parties, this is no longer a CCD — it is a Change Order (G701). Stop and tell the user.

Anti-patterns

• Drafting a CCD without naming the §7.3.4 method (lump sum / unit price / cost-plus-fee / §7.3.7). The form requires a selection.
• Quoting AIA A201 §7.3 verbatim from memory. Confirm against the user's executed A201.
• Substituting a CCD for a Change Order when both parties have agreed. CCD = pre-agreement; G701 = post-agreement.
• Substituting a CCD for an ASI when there is no change to Sum / Time. Route to /draft-asi.
• Inventing a vendor quote, unit price, or schedule-impact estimate. TBD is acceptable; fabrication is not.
• Omitting the Owner authorization signature block. CCDs without Owner signature are unenforceable.
• Using Director as a role.