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the agreement of the Design/Builder; an order for a minor change in the Work may be issued by the Design/Builder alone. § 8.1.3 Changes in the Work shall be performed under applicable provisions of the Contract Documents, and the Design/Builder shall proceed promptly, unless otherwise provided in the Change Order, Construction Change Directive, or order for a minor change in the Work. § 8.1.4 If unit prices are stated in the Contract Documents or subsequently agreed upon, and if quantities originally contemplated are so changed in a proposed Change Order or Construction Change Directive that application of such unit prices to quantities of Work proposed will cause substantial inequity to the Owner or the Design/ Builder, the applicable unit prices shall be equitably adjusted. § 8.2 CHANGE ORDERS § 8.2.1 A Change Order is a written instrument prepared by the Design/Builder and signed by the Owner and the Design/Builder, stating their agreement upon all of the following: .1 a change in the Work; .2 the amount of the adjustment, if any, in the Contract Sum; and .3 the extent of the adjustment, if any, in the Contract Time. § 8.2.2 If the Owner requests a proposal for a change in the Work from the Design/Builder and subsequently elects not to proceed with the change, a Change Order shall be issued to reimburse the Design/Builder for any costs incurred for estimating services, design services or preparation of proposed revisions to the Contract Documents. § 8.3 CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVES § 8.3.1 A Construction Change Directive is a written order prepared and signed by the Owner, directing a change in the Work prior to agreement on adjustment, if any, in the Contract Sum or Contract Time, or both. § 8.3.2 Except as otherwise agreed by the Owner and the Design/Builder, the adjustment to the Contract Sum shall be determined on the basis of reasonable expenditures and savings of those performing the Work attributable to the change, including the expenditures for design services and revisions to the Contract Documents. In case of an increase in the Contract Sum, the cost shall include a reasonable allowance for overhead and profit. In such case, the Design/Builder shall keep and present an itemized accounting together with appropriate supporting data for inclusion in a Change Order. Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents, costs for these purposes shall be limited to the following: .1 costs of labor, including social security, old age and unemployment insurance, fringe benefits required by agreement or custom, and workers' compensation insurance; 15