As a single dad of a handful of kids, my evenings and weekends are always a joyful ride. Just last weekend, I had a mini trial with one of my Littles who, get this, wanted to spend the night at a friend’s house, but also wanted to go to the movies with her other siblings.
AIA’s Updated Design-Build Documents Highlight Some Best Practices
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently released seven updated documents in its design-build family. According to AIA, the 2014 Design-Build documents enhance the early interaction between the Owner and the Design-Builder, calling for clearly defined and mandated Owner’s Criteria for the Project and requiring submission of a Preliminary Design by the Design-Builder.
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Architect and Contractor Sitting in a Tree . . . K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Yesterday, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced a marketing partnership agreement that is designed to foster a greater understanding and exchange of ideas between architects and contractors in the construction industry.
According to the press release, the industry giants have great things to say about each other.
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Five AIA Construction Documents Go Green
Earlier this week, I received an alert that "Five AIA Contract Documents are going green!" Developed using AIA’s flagship documents as a base, and incorporating concepts and model language from the AIA’s Guide for Sustainable Projects, the new documents address the unique roles, risks and opportunities encountered on sustainable design and construction projects.
“The development
ConsensusDOCS Releases New and Updated Construction Contract Documents
I will admit it. I am open-minded. I will try anything (…well, almost anything…) at least once. So, a few years ago when ConsensusDOCS hit the market, I was happy to take the construction documents for a spin … and I was even happier to learn that ConsensusDOCS offered a metered account that allowed
New Report: Half of Construction Industry Now Using BIM
Just a few days ago I wrote about how, like the World Cup soccer games, BIM presented a lot of excitement for many proponents. Turning to another competitive analogy, there continues to be many in the construction industry who simply refuse to go "all-in" with their poker chips. According to a recent McGraw-Hill Construction
Lucidity: AIA Revises Bid, Payment and Performance Bond Forms
Lucidity is defined as clearness of thought or style. In its recent revisions to the A310 (Bid Bond) and A312 (Performance Bond and Payment Bond), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) attempts to provide a clearness of thought and style.
The first publication of AIA’s standard bond form was in 1911. The most
A More Accurate Description of the International Green Construction Code
On Friday, I read a press release by the USGBC and blogged about the new International Green Construction Code (ICCG). In my haste to avoid the traffic from the SEC Basketball Tourney in downtown Nashville, I quickly posted and jumped into my car to escape. With all candor, my post was incomplete . . . I did
The Green Building Yard Stick: AIA versus USGBC
Which is worse: (a) one lawyer in a room of one hundred architects; or (b) one architect in a room of one hundred lawyers?
Two weeks ago I found myself in the first category (… although I’m sure that I was not the only shark in the room …) at a local United States Green Building Council (USGBC) meeting
Green Building is a Matter of Perspective
In this day and age of Biggest Loser, South Beach Diet, and the latest fitness craze highlighted by Oprah, I find myself more and more conscious about my eating habits. In fact, if you promise not to tell anyone, we have a little fitness competition within our own law firm starring four