Web Presentation: Discover the AIA’s New Design-Build Documents

Web Presentation: Discover the AIA’s New Design-Build Documents.

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2005 Time: 1-2:00 p.m. EDT  ARCHIVE IS AVAILABLE Click here for details

Earn 1.0 CES LUs Registration Cost: $49.95 for members and $74.95 for non-members 
 
Who Should Attend: Architects, Project Managers, Owners, Consultants, Design-Build Contractors and Attorneys.

The AIA Design-Build documents apply an entirely new approach to design-build contracting that is more flexible and more owner-friendly than in the past. The new documents depart from other AIA documents in several significant ways. In addition two new documents are added to the family: an agreement between the owner and a design-build consultant, and a form for acknowledging substantial completion of the design-build project.

This live Web conference presents the important features of each new document for you to understand how to use them in your practice to perform a variety of design-build services, whether you are serving as the design-builder, the owner’s consultant, or the design-builder’s architect.

For a fraction of the cost of traditional conferences – and with no travel time or expenses – you can join from your office with the use of speakers, a computer, and a monitor. Use an LCD projector and speakers for an entire group to participate for the same registration cost.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
• Recognize when it is appropriate to use the Design-Build Family
• List the contract documents that comprise the Design-Build Family and describe the general purpose of each
• Determine the relationships among the design-build documents
• Discuss the contractual relationships and obligations among the various parties in a design-build project.
• Recognize how these documents depart from other AIA agreements

Presenters
Suzanne H. Harness, AIA, Esq.
Managing Director and Counsel, AIA Contract Documents
The American Institute of Architects

Suzanne Harness is both a licensed architect and a construction attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience in the design and construction industry. As Managing Director and Counsel, AIA Contract Documents, for the American Institute of Architects, Suzanne directs the AIA Contract Documents program and works actively in the creation and revision of AIA documents. Suzanne was first licensed as an architect and practiced architecture in Washington, DC firms for several years before joining a commercial real estate development company and managing the design and construction of a three-building suburban office park. Later she joined the General Services Administration (GSA) where she managed many design and construction contracts, including the Modernization of the Department of Justice and the design of the District of Columbia federal courthouse annex. While at GSA Suzanne received her J.D. Degree from the George Washington University Law School’s evening program. She then joined Seyfarth Shaw’s Washington, DC-based construction practice group, representing architects, owners, and contractors in litigation and contractual matters until joining the AIA in September, 2002. Suzanne is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the American Bar Association (ABA) and the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. She received a B.S. in Architecture and an M.Arch from The Catholic University of America and is a life member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

Timothy R. Twomey, AIA, Esq.
Principal and Chief Administrative Officer
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, Boston, MA
AIA Documents Committee, Design-Build Task Group Chair

Timothy Twomey, AIA, Esq. is a Principal, and Chief Administrative Officer at Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Incorporated an architecture, planning and interior design firm in Boston where he also functions as in-house counsel. He has twenty-seven years of corporate management, administrative, legal practice and risk management experience. Tim frequently writes on various topics, including design/build and speaks before various state and national professional organizations. He authored "Understanding the Legal Aspects of Design/Build", published by R.S. Means.

Tim currently serves on the AIA Document Committees, having been Chair of the Design-Build Task Group for development of the new AIA Design-Build documents. Tim received his Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, his Juris Doctor degree from the UCLA School of Law, and his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California. He is a member of: the Massachusetts Bar Association; the California Bar Association; the American Bar Association and its Forum Committee on the Construction Industry.

Program Objective
To inform and educate our constituencies who perform design-build on new features in these documents and how to use them.

Seminar content:
Design-Build Agreements New Numbering System
New Approaches to Design-Build
Design-Build Agreements
• Owner and Consultant Agreement
• Owner and Design-Builder Agreement
• Design-Builder and Architect Agreement
• Design Builder and Contractor Agreement

Key Provisions
• Scope of Services
• Dispute Resolution
• Contract Sum
• Instruments of Service
• Certifications
G704/DB – Acknowledgement of substantial completion

Tuition
$49.95 for members and $74.95 for non-members. 

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AIA/CES Learning Units
All participating AIA members earn 1.0 AIA/CES LUs.

How to Register
If you are familiar with eClassroom, register for WVS01. For more information or if you are new to eClassroom, go to http://eclassroom.aia.org/view.cfm?id=WVS01-2005 to read about the web seminar and link to registration with step by step instructions.

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