Describe the change. Mason drafts the change order in 2 minutes.
Tell Mason what changed — in plain English. Mason pulls pricing from your cost catalog, applies your markup, and writes a client-ready change order with professional scope language. What used to take 20 minutes now takes 2. Review, adjust if needed, and send for approval.
No commitment. 30 minutes. We'll show you Mason drafting a change order live from a real project.
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Change orders from your cost catalog — not from scratch
Change orders slow you down when you have to write scope descriptions from scratch, look up pricing, calculate markup, and format everything for a client. Mason eliminates all of that. Describe the change, and Mason does the rest — using your real cost catalog, your real markup, and language a client can actually understand.
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Describe the change in plain English — Mason handles the rest
'Client wants to upgrade the master bath tile to 24x24 porcelain. Add a heated floor. Demo and reset the existing layout.' That's all Mason needs. It converts your description into a formal scope of work, pulls the relevant line items, and builds the pricing — no blank fields to fill in.
- Describe the change the way you'd explain it to your superintendent
- Mason converts plain language into formal scope language
- No templates to navigate, no pre-built forms to fill out
- Works for additions, deletions, substitutions, and scope expansions
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Pricing pulled from your cost catalog — not entered manually
Mason pulls labor and material costs from your Ressio cost catalog — the same cost data you use to build estimates. Line items get pulled accurately, quantities get applied, and totals calculate automatically. You're not looking up prices while a client waits for a number.
- Line items pulled directly from your Ressio cost catalog
- Labor and material costs pre-loaded from your real pricing data
- Quantities calculated from the scope description
- Totals computed automatically — no manual spreadsheet math
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Your markup applied automatically
Mason applies your configured markup to every change order — overhead, profit, and any trade-specific markups you've set in Ressio. No mental math. No forgetting to add margin on a rushed change order. The number that goes to the client already has your margin built in.
- Overhead and profit markup applied from your Ressio settings
- Trade-specific markups supported
- No manual margin calculation required
- Markup visible in the line item breakdown for your review
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Client-ready language — professional without being over-engineered
Mason writes scope descriptions that clients can understand and sign without asking questions. Clear, specific language that explains what's being done, what it costs, and why. Not contractor shorthand. Not boilerplate. Scope language that reads like you spent time writing it — because Mason did.
- Scope descriptions written in plain, professional language
- Client-ready formatting — no internal cost codes exposed
- Specific to your project context and the described change
- Editable before sending — adjust tone, scope, or pricing if needed
From conversation to signed change order
Describe the change to Mason
Open Mason from the project and describe the scope change in plain English. What's being added, changed, or deleted. Any relevant context — materials the client requested, subcontractor scope, timeline impact. Mason reads your description and understands the work.
Mason drafts it — with pricing from your cost catalog
Mason generates the full change order: scope description, line items from your cost catalog, quantities, labor and material costs, and your markup applied. The draft is ready in seconds. Review it the same way you'd review something your office manager produced.
Review, adjust, and release for client approval
Check the scope, check the pricing, make any adjustments. When it looks right, release the change order for client approval directly from Ressio. The client gets a professional document. You get a signed change order without a 20-minute drafting session.
Mason draws from your real project data
Mason doesn't draft change orders in a vacuum. It pulls from the cost and project data already in Ressio — so pricing is accurate, markup is correct, and the change order reflects your actual project, not a generic template.
Mason is built into Ressio — no separate subscription, no API key, no configuration required.
What builders say about Mason change order drafting
Change orders used to take me 20 to 30 minutes each because I had to look up prices, write the scope, and format everything. Now I describe the change to Mason and it's done. I reviewed it, sent it, and the client approved it in an hour.
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Custom home builder, [City State]
The scope language Mason writes is better than what I was writing myself. Clear, professional, specific. Clients stopped asking follow-up questions about what was included because the description actually explained it.
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Residential remodeler, [City State]
I used to let small change orders pile up because the admin work wasn't worth doing one at a time. Now I do them as they happen. Mason makes it fast enough that there's no reason to wait.
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General contractor, [City State]
Frequently asked questions
Mason pulls labor and material pricing from your Ressio cost catalog — the same pricing data you use to build estimates. Line items, unit costs, and quantities are drawn from your real cost data, not generic construction pricing databases.
Yes. Mason applies the markup percentages configured in your Ressio settings — overhead, profit, and any trade-specific markups. The number that reaches the client already has your margin built in. You can review and adjust markup on any line item before sending.
Yes. Mason produces a draft — you review it before it goes anywhere. Adjust the scope description, modify line items, change quantities, update pricing. When it looks right, release it for client approval. Mason proposes, you decide.
Plain English works well. Describe the change the way you'd explain it to your superintendent: what's being added, changed, or deleted, and any relevant context. The more specific you are, the more accurate the draft. Mason will flag if it needs more detail to price something correctly.
Yes. Mason handles additions, deletions, substitutions, and scope reductions. Credit change orders — where the client is owed money back for removed scope — are drafted the same way. Describe what's being removed and Mason calculates the credit.
Yes. Once you've reviewed and approved the Mason-generated draft, you release it for client approval directly from Ressio. The client receives a professional change order document, reviews it in the client portal, and can approve it digitally. No PDFs emailed back and forth.
When a change order is approved by the client, it flows into the project budget in Ressio — updating the contract value and the relevant cost codes. Mason-drafted change orders follow the same approval and budget update workflow as any other change order in Ressio.
Mason will surface what it can from your catalog and flag line items it couldn't match. You can add the missing line item manually before sending. Over time, as you build out your cost catalog, Mason's change order drafts get more complete with less intervention.
More of the change order workflow in Ressio
Change Orders
The full change order module in Ressio — where Mason-drafted change orders get reviewed, sent, and approved.
Estimating
Build accurate estimates with your cost catalog — the same data Mason uses to price change orders.
Mason AI Chat
Ask Mason about any change order status, approval history, or budget impact — instantly.
Stop spending 20 minutes on every change order.
30 minutes. We'll show you Mason drafting a real change order — with your cost catalog, your markup, and client-ready language — in about two minutes.
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