The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is releasing the second part of the once-in-a-decade 2017 edition of the A201, design-bid-build family of documents for a total of 34 newly revised 2017 documents. This release includes updated versions of the Architect Scope documents and many of the frequently-used AIA forms. Working with architects, contractors, subcontractors and owners, the AIA Documents Committee updates this core set of documents every 10 years. This helps ensure that the AIA legal forms and agreements reflect changes and trends in the industry, and that the AIA Contract Documents remain the Industry Standard.
“We revised several of our most frequently used project forms, in part to coordinate them with other recently revised documents, but also to make them more efficient and user-friendly,” said Mike Koger, AIA, Esq., Manager & Counsel of AIA Contract Documents. “With a pulse on the industry, we understand that architects are providing services beyond basic architectural services, to respond to this trend, we heavily revised several of the architect scope documents. We hope that all industry participants take advantage of the significant written resources and education programming opportunities available to learn about, and understand, both the 2017 core document revisions as well as the documents and forms updated as part of this release.”