In the government contracts context, the U.S. Court of Claims and the various boards of contract appeals have recognized a general right to recover for the cumulative effect of a multitude of owner-directed changes that, when taken collectively, can be greater than the sum of the effects of the individual change orders. Although a change order may directly add, subtract, or
change the type of work being performed in one particular area of a construction project, it also may affect other areas of the work that are not addressed by the change order.

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