November 06, 2009
  AIA Bookstore
Official Guide to the AIA Contract Documents
Opening with a broad overview of contract law, this guide avoids legal jargon in describing the rationale for having contract documents. Highlighting the changes from the now-obsolete 1997 documents, the authors give the reasons and benefits of these changes—based on legal precedent, research, review, analysis, and multi-party consensus debate. Meticulously parsing each AIA Contract Document, this text includes also the leading case law that has shaped and interpreted the documents.

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AIA Contract Documents
Visit AIA.org to see an informative video on the AIA electronic documents version 4. You can also request a free PDF of AIA contract relation diagrams you can use in client presentations to explain the various client/architect/contractor project-delivery relationships.

Cornerstone Partners
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AIA CES
The Use of Natural Stone in Green Architecture, (Course # AEC248), a no-cost Web course, earns 1.5 sustainable design AIA LUs. This course will provide you with an introduction to stone, an overview of the principles and drivers in the green/sustainability building movement, and descriptions of how stone makes an appropriate, attractive, and natural material design choice that will contribute to a holistic solution over the life cycle of a project. For AIA members, the course provider reports AIA LUs.

What is AIA Montana up to? Or find your state here. Learn more about the new sustainability CES requirements for AIA membership.

AIA Advantage
Looking for That Next Project? WAN Tender Alerts provides the opportunity! World Architecture News.com (WAN) supplies news and information to the global architectural community. As an AIA member, you can receive exclusive discounts on WAN Tender Alerts, a service that provides architecture firms with the latest information on project opportunities from around the globe, direct to your inbox. For more information about Tender Alerts, visit the AIA Advantage World Architecture News page

AIA Trust
Consider Firm Disability and Firm Life Insurance Coverage for Your Employees—and provide benefits and protection. For more information about all AIA Trust programs, visit their Web site.

ARCOM
ARCOM offers special discounts for AIA members. MasterSpec’s easy-to-use master specifications will save you time and money. Each section has extensive notes, instructions, and background information. Documents are provided in both MasterFormat ’95 and ’04. More than 350 sections with LEED commentaries. Earn AIA/CES LUs free and conveniently, some HSW eligible. Also available, a suite of specification automation tools, from "spec-processing" to CAD/BIM integration. Call 800-424-5080 or visit www.masterspec.com.

AIA Architect’s Knowledge Resource
Premier Resource for Today’s Architecture Community: the Architect’s Knowledge Resource, AIA’s online knowledge resource, connects you to the most current and emerging information on architecture that can serve your practice and career. Whether you’re looking for solutions, strategies, products, or trends, you’ll find it on the Architect’s Knowledge Resource. Presenting comprehensive search results, the Architect’s Knowledge Resource makes it easy to find research, Knowledge Community resources, e-journals, award-winning projects, image banks, guidelines, critiques, presentations, and more. Go to AIA.org.

 
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