The American Institute of Architects issued a press release
this week touting a custom set of contract documents it has worked out with the
Kentucky Department of Education. Ten AIA contract forms have been
customized for the state department. This could become a new battleground
in the document wars between the AIA and ConsensusDocs,
another major construction industry document group representing a coalition of
more than 40 industry associations.
The AIA has historically
garnered the lion’s share of construction contract forms, and retains a lead
over all major competitors. Of all the other competitors, ConsensusDocs
seems best poised to challenge the AIA, but it has been an uphill battle.
The announcement of customized forms for the agency of one particular state
represents a new venture and a new opportunity. It remains to be seen
whether ConsensusDocs or other industry document groups will make similar
efforts to connect directly with large customers – or prospective customers –
of their documents, via customized forms.
Posted by Stan Martin @ September 05, 2014 01:59 PM
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