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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

Last week the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 edition of the A201 family of contract documents, including updated versions of the AIA’s documents developed for the design-bid-build delivery model. The use of an exhibit for sustainable projects is new. the IgCC and more. the IgCC and more.

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Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build can help to measurably improve construction productivity, quality, delivery times, and overall satisfaction for all participants. Job order contracting saves significant time and improves quality, consistency, and overall satisfaction vs. traditional design-bid-build. Higher productivity.

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AIA Version of IPD anti-architect?

Building Information Management

The problem with the AIA approach to IPD is it is inherently anti-architect. While the AIA implementation of Integrated Project Delivery may or may not be flawed, the concept of involving Owners, Architects, and Contractors as early in the design/construction project as possible is certainly not “anti-architect”. .

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AIA Version of IPD anti-architect?

Building Information Management

The problem with the AIA approach to IPD is it is inherently anti-architect. While the AIA implementation of Integrated Project Delivery may or may not be flawed, the concept of involving Owners, Architects, and Contractors as early in the design/construction project as possible is certainly not “anti-architect”. .

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

To minimize the chance of favoritism or corruption, the sealed bid. Also referred to as the “Design-Bid-Build” process, this system has long been the most prevalent option for large and small public works contracts. contracting method was developed to award a contract on the basis of price alone.

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A Step Closer to BIM? NIBS and AIA Working toward Centralized Building Information Resource

Building Information Management

Also, the “let’s keep the Owner in the dark” or the “let’s not work together”, and the “bid low and make it up in change orders” , or “let’s accept the lowest bid and hope for the best” approaches to ruin.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

BIM, PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS, WASTE, & LACK OF LEADERSHIP – Traditional design-bid- build (DBB) contracting techniques, and even more recent attempts to improve DBB such as design-build (DB), CM@R, etc. should not be considered LEAN efficient construction delivery methods. They also select the construction delivery method.

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