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AIA???s Updated Design-Build Documents Highlight Some Best Practices

Best Practices Construction Law

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently released seven updated documents in its design-build family. AIA Documents Overview. An AIA press release highlights the array of how AIA agreements seek to accommodate the various ways in which design build projects are delivered. Additional Changes.

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The Second Best Way to Mitigate Your Risk in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

So, accepting that most readers of this blog will not engage our law firm to draft their contracts, the second best way to mitigate your risk in a green building project is to utilize The American Institute of Architects, 2017 Documents: New Sustainable Projects Exhibit. A Sustainable Objective is defined as the owner’s goal.

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7 Ways to Make Shared Risk and Reward Sustainable in the Construction Industry

Lean Construction

Around the world, shared risk and reward contracts are becoming more prevalent.

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

The reason for the dearth of court cases is not that there are no disputes and differences arising from green building design and construction, but rather that many, if not most of the contracts in sustainable construction require mandatory arbitration, in lieu of a judicial contest. 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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Greenbuild: Designing the Perfect Green People

Green Building Law Update

Bob Berkebile , principal of BNIM Architects and winner of this year’s Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership In Sustainability (a founder of AIA’s Committee on the Environment and founding member of USGBC) was in the halls and on stage admonishing us that “we are on the brink of screwing up 3.5 the IgCC and LEED.

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

Building Information Management

The signing of an agreement between The American Institute of Architects and the.