The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently released the 2017 edition of eleven standard construction and design contract forms, and it plans to release revisions to an additional eighteen ...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released the second part of the 2017 edition of the A201 design-bid-build family of documents. The contract forms are updated once every 10 years. This ...

[This is Part I of a four-part series discussing the new AIA 2017 forms. Part II will discuss the general conditions to the construction contract (A201-2017); Part III will discuss the Owner—Architect ...

Change. While it is a buzz word that some political candidates throw around like candy, the construction industry is bracing for an important and imminent change of their own. The American Institute ...

Every 10 years or so the American Institute of Architects (AIA) updates and revises its standard form family of construction documents and in 2007 the AIA modified the AIA A-201 contract to add the ...

Given the weakened state of the U.S. economy, it’s no surprise that the construction industry continues the struggle to keep its head above water. In fact, the semi-annual Consensus Construction ...

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Although several associations in the construction industry publish their own family of standard form contracts, most, if not all, are plagued by a perceived bias toward members of that particular ...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has recently unveiled a demonstration of its new Next Generation Service. The new service follows the release of the Sustainability Guide, which was ...