In negotiating contracts based on the AIA’s widely-used construction industry forms, construction owners and contractors will soon start seeing the AIA’s new seven-page Insurance “Exhibit A,” which ...

[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 ...

Lawyers are often asked to prepare and negotiate agreements with architects and contractors. When using standardized industry form agreements such as the American Institute of Architects Contract ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...