According to the AIA, the 2017 document set simplifies the payment provisions found in the older documents. In order to simplify the payment provisions, the AIA merely reorganized the items to be listed in a payment application such that those that are to be included in the payment applications are listed first, followed by a
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Florida Construction Contracts: Significant Changes in the 2017 AIA Documents – E204-2017 Sustainable Project Exhibit
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The new E204 Sustainable Projects Exhibit addresses the risks and responsibilities unique to projects involving sustainable design and construction. The AIA has taken many of the provisions
found in various AIA contract documents related to sustainable projects and has created a single exhibit. The procedures and terminology related to sustainable projects is identical the former…
Florida Construction Contracts: Significant Changes in the 2017 AIA Documents – Evidence of Owner’s Financial Arrangements
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The 2017 revisions to the A201 improves the Contractor’s ability to request and obtain financial information from the owner throughout the project. On most projects, Owner’s typically create a single purpose legal entity, usually an LLC, that owns the real property where construction takes place. The legal entity typically enters into the construction contract with…
Florida Construction Contracts: Significant Changes in the 2017 AIA Documents – Digital Data Use and Transmission
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Because of advancements in the use of digital technology in the administration of construction contracts, the 2017 AIA documents now default to the AIA’s Digital Data Use and Transmission protocol established in 2013 as set forth in the E203. Section 1.8 of the A201 now provides that the contractor’s reliance on BIM modeling will be…