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Construction Contracts Online: ConsensusDOCS and AIA Go Head-to-Head

Best Practices Construction Law

ENR journalist Johanna Knapschaefer wrote a good piece about " ConsensusDOCS Contract Library Takes to the Cloud, " where she described the real-time collaboration needed for contract negotiations.

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are the most widely used contract documents in the industry. LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. Even the Green Business Certification Inc.

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Arbitration including Religious Arbitration in Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are likely the most widely used contract documents in the industry. Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. Even the LEED Green Building Certification Inc.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

The following template is provide for sample purposes only and should not be used a legally bidding document without through review and modification by appropriate Owner legal counsel. Architect/Engineer’s Guidelines, Quality Control, and other related documents in effect at. JOB ORDER CONTRACT (JOC) EXECUTION GUIDE. the time of award.

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Illinois Appellate Court holds that Express Indemnity Claim Subject to 10-year Statute of Limitations

Construction Lawyer

The AIA provision in the owner-architect agreement (there was a similar provision in the owner-contractor agreement) read: 8.3 Note that the 2007 version of AIA documents substantially altered the accrual provisions formerly in the standard contracts to the detriment of contractors and architects.

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Public RFPs: What Do We Do With You?

Constructonomics

If government entities started negotiating contracts directly with contractors, it would become even more of a mess and everybody knows it. With the system being what it is, when you bid a public project you are also certifying that you will accept the contract that is included in the bid documents along with all the terms and conditions.

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Litigation Topics for Prime / Subcontractor Contracts

Construction Law Monitor

The information is very helpful to contractors and can be used a resource when a contractor begins the contracting phase of a construction project to help get a better understanding of what is going on within the contract documents. Here both parties need to negotiate terms to better protect when a dispute arises.