Change Order Revenue Protection for General Contractors

CHANGE ORDER
TRACKING THAT
ALERTS YOU
BEFORE MONEY DISAPPEARS.

“Upload your CO log. See every dollar at risk. Stop leaving money on the table.”

MarginGuard monitors your change order pipeline and fires alerts the moment a CO goes silent. Upload your CO log and get a personalized exposure report using your actual data — no sales call, no demo before you see your number.

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$50K–200K
Average annual CO leakage
per $10M GC
30 Days
Average lag from T&M work
to formal CO submission
48–72 Hrs
From your CO log upload
to your full exposure report
MarginGuard · Live CO Monitor LIVE
REVENUE RECOVERED — LAST 90 DAYS
$143,200
↑ From 6 enforced COs that would have expired uncollected
RECOVERY vs. $487K EXPOSURE
$143K recovered 29% of exposure closed
At Risk
$487K
Critical
$193K
Alerts (7d)
9
Setup ROI
3.2×
CO-1047 Westfield Medical $84,200 Unpaid 67d
CO-1031 Harbor Logistics $61,500 Not Invoiced
CO-1058 Skyline Phase 2 $47,800 No Response
CO-1062 Northgate Dist. $29,400 ✓ Collected
Created Not Submitted Submitted Not Approved Approved Not Invoiced Invoiced Not Paid $143,000 Recovered in 90 Days Founding Rate Locked for Life White Glove Setup Owner-Level Visibility Automated Escalation Engine 4-Bucket Enforcement System Created Not Submitted Submitted Not Approved Approved Not Invoiced Invoiced Not Paid $143,000 Recovered in 90 Days Founding Rate Locked for Life White Glove Setup Owner-Level Visibility Automated Escalation Engine 4-Bucket Enforcement System
The Problem

THE MONEY IS THERE. YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

Change orders get created. Work gets done. But somewhere between the field and the invoice, money disappears. Verbal approvals go undocumented. Signed COs never get billed. Billing drags out 60 days past approval.

This is not laziness. It is a system failure. And your current ERP is not built to stop it — it only records what happened after the damage is done.

“I fall into the 'Oh yeah no problem' trap and just go solve the issue without paperwork. Then when I'd invoice that work out later, I'd get pushback.”
// GC Owner — ContractorTalk Forum
“Some owners will simply sit on a change order for weeks hoping the contractor will forget about it.”
// Commercial GC, $18M Annual Revenue
“Trying to get a change order after the fact is gambling. You either win or you eat the cost.”
// Project Manager — 22 Active Jobs
Where Revenue Leaks

FOUR FAILURE POINTS. ONE DASHBOARD.

Every dollar you lose on change orders falls into one of four buckets. MarginGuard monitors all of them and fires alerts to the right person the moment a CO enters each stage.

BUCKET 01
Created.
Never Submitted.
The CO exists internally but was never formally submitted to the owner. Work is done. The clock is running. No one is following up.
Alerts go to: PM + Project Executive as soon as it enters this bucket
BUCKET 02
Submitted.
Owner Not Responding.
CO submitted. Owner is stalling — hoping you forget. Every day that passes weakens your leverage and your legal position.
Alerts go to: PM + Principal with formal follow-up language drafted
BUCKET 03
Approved.
Never Invoiced.
Owner signed off. PM never told accounting. The money is sitting there ready to collect — the most common and most preventable failure in the cycle.
Alerts go to: Accounting + Controller with invoice package ready
BUCKET 04
Invoiced.
Still Not Paid.
Invoice sent. No payment. Aging past 30, 60, 90 days with no one systematically holding the owner accountable.
Alerts go to: Principal + PM with lien deadline tracking activated
MarginGuard — CO Pipeline Monitor
LIVE
REVENUE RECOVERED — LAST 90 DAYS
$143,200
↑ From 6 enforced change orders that would have expired uncollected
Recovery vs. Exposure
29%
$143K recovered of $487K exposed
Total At Risk
$487K
14 open COs
Critical (>45 Days)
$193K
3 past lien threshold
Alerts Fired (7d)
9
PM · Acctg · Principal
Setup ROI
3.2×
vs. $4,500 setup fee
CO # Project Amount Bucket Days Aging Responsible Next Alert
CO-1047 Westfield Medical Tower $84,200 Invoiced · Unpaid 67 days K. Torres · Principal ⚡ LIEN DEADLINE IN 8 DAYS
CO-1031 Harbor Logistics Center $61,500 Approved · Not Invoiced 34 days J. Ramos · Accounting Alert in 2 days
CO-1058 Skyline Mixed-Use Phase 2 $47,800 Submitted · No Response 22 days M. Chen · PM Follow-up drafted
CO-1062 Northgate Distribution Ctr $29,400 Collected — — ✓ CLOSED
CO-1039 Riverside Office Complex $109,000 Invoiced · Unpaid 51 days D. Park · Principal ⚡ ESCALATED TO ATTORNEY
The MarginGuard Difference

YOUR ERP TRACKS. WE ENFORCE.

Procore, Sage, Viewpoint — they record what happened. MarginGuard is what happens next: a systematic enforcement layer that escalates, follows up, and closes the gap between approved and collected.

01
Upload Your CO Log — Any Format
Export from Procore, Sage, Viewpoint, or Excel and upload. No six-month ERP integration project. No IT ticket. No consultant. Procore charges $40K+ per year and still cannot tell you which approved CO your PM forgot to invoice. We can. In 48 hours.
02
You See Your Number Before We Ask for Anything
Every other platform in this space starts with a demo full of sample data and a sales rep who does not know your job mix. We start with your actual CO log and send you a personal video audit in 48–72 hours. Your exposure, by project, by bucket, by dollar.
03
We Handle Setup. You Do Not Touch a Config Screen.
Software companies sell you a seat and wish you luck. White glove means we build your alert sequences, map your projects, and configure escalation rules. Live in 7–10 business days. No training webinars. No onboarding queue.
04
Enforcement Runs Without You Having to Chase It
Your ERP logged the problem. MarginGuard fixes it. Automated alerts fire to the right person at the right stage. The system follows up so you do not have to. Founding clients recover 80–130% of their setup fee inside the first 90 days.
MarginGuard Enforcement Engine
Live Feed
⚡
PM Escalation Sent
Midtown Office Tower CO #14 is unsigned and unexecuted. PM and Project Exec notified with deadline language and contract reference.
Bucket 01 — $8,600 — 47 days outstanding
📋
Owner Formal Notice Drafted
Bayshore Mixed-Use CO submitted 39 days ago with no response. Formal follow-up with contract clause citation sent to owner and CC'd to Principal.
Bucket 02 — $8,600 — 39 days outstanding
🔔
Accounting Handoff Triggered
Davis Island Townhomes CO #9 is approved but not invoiced. Controller and accounting team notified — invoice package ready for immediate submission.
Bucket 03 — $2,800 — 21 days sitting uninvoiced
🚨
Lien Deadline Activated
Westshore Plaza invoice unpaid at 34 days. Second notice issued. Lien deadline tracking activated. Owner response required within 7 days or escalation proceeds.
Bucket 04 — $6,200 — CRITICAL
// Why MarginGuard Starts Differently

THE FREE AUDIT IS
YOUR NUMBER.
NOT A DEMO.

Every other software in this space starts with a sales call, a scripted demo, and sample data. We start differently. Upload your actual CO log and within 48–72 hours, you receive a personalized video walkthrough showing your specific exposure — by project, by bucket, by dollar.

No hypotheticals. No industry averages. Your own data, analyzed by a human who knows construction. You see the real number before you ever talk to us. If it does not justify the product, we will tell you that directly.

$47K
Estimated CO exposure
for a $10M GC annually
48–72h
From upload to your
personal video report
0
Sales calls before you
see your number
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Sample Audit Report

THIS IS WHAT YOU RECEIVE.

Not a generic dashboard. A real document built from your data — your company, your projects, your exposure broken down by bucket and aging, with a concrete enforcement action for every line item.

marginguard.app — Exposure Audit Report — CONFIDENTIAL
Sample Output
MarginGuard Sample Audit Report showing $284,400 in identified exposure across 22 projects
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Report delivered in 48–72 hours using your actual CO data. You see the number before we ever speak.

Who This Is For

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DOESN'T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM. IT HAS A COLLECTION PROBLEM.

If you are a principal, PM, controller, or project executive managing change orders across multiple jobs — and you have ever watched approved money age past 60 days without a system to stop it — MarginGuard was built for the exact moment you realized your ERP was not going to save you.

Founding Cohort

10 CLIENTS. LOCKED RATE. FOREVER.

The first 10 clients get white glove setup and a rate that never increases. After 10, pricing moves to $997/month self-serve and setup is on you.

Founding Member Rate
White Glove Setup + Lifetime Lock
One-time setup fee
$4,500 one time
Monthly subscription
$597 / month locked
Future retail pricing
$997+ / month
ROI math: A $10M GC with 20 active projects loses a conservative $5,000 per forgotten CO. One recovered CO covers the setup fee. One quarter of recovered COs funds two years of subscription.
2 of 10 founding spots claimed
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Free audit. No sales call before you see the number.
Personal video report built from your actual CO data.
Delivered in 48–72 hours. Every time.
Free Audit

HOW MUCH ARE YOU CURRENTLY LOSING?

Upload your change order log. Get a personal video report in 48–72 hours showing your exact exposure, broken down by bucket and project. No sales call. No commitment. No pitch until you see your number.

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Export your CO log from Procore, Sage, Viewpoint, or Excel. Upload it on the next page. You will receive your personalized exposure report in 48–72 hours — built from your actual data, not industry averages.
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✓ No commitment required.   ✓ No sales call before your audit.   ✓ Free regardless of outcome.
If your exposure is too small to justify the product, we will tell you directly.

Change orders don't lie. What you don't audit, you don't collect.