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It is clear that the changes in the units will impact in the project development process. Firstly it will take time which have directly effect to budget of the project. The problem with the design process is the length of time required to make alterations to the condominiums. This would have been an acceptable problem had the issue been addressed at the time of sale. Instead Hodgkins took the option of hoping that customers would not modify their condominiums much and would settle for the original designs. This was a curious choice for Hodgkins to have made because the target market for the condominiums was that of relatively wealthy couples who would either be looking for a second home, or to move back to the city and live in relative comfort. This segment of the market is traditionally extremely particular about details and so would be expected to make changes to the condominium in order that it is exactly as desired. This was an oversight on Hodgkins’ behalf that put the general contractor in a difficult position with regards to schedules and budgets. Each time major changes were required the process of designing these changes would take several weeks. so that quotes could be gathered and the price of the changes could be agreed upon. If the issue had been addressed earlier then a proper framework could have been set upwith adequate and fixed deadlines that would cause little or no problems to the general contractor and allow the changes to be made before critical areas of the condominiums were constructed. This difference would also have prevented the majority of complaints from customers regarding delays and slow service. The extra facilities such as garage and public areas are not assigned to a particular project within the case, and so are assumed to be components of the hotel project.Summerized that if she agree on these changes it will cost her to pay subcontractor claims up to $25,000 project will delay 2 months more.

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