Using AIA Tools to Manage Legal Issues on Sustainable Projects

When:  Mar 3, 2015 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  Small Project Design

Free Live Webinar: Using AIA Tools to Manage Legal Issues on Sustainable Projects

Eligible for 1 AIA HSW LU

Sponsored by SPP and AIA Contract Documents

Sustainable design and construction provides exciting opportunities to reduce negative impacts on the environment, improve energy efficiency and building performance, and enhance the health and comfort of building occupants.

New building codes and certification systems continually impact sustainable design and construction practices. As sustainable design and construction continues to evolve, Owners, Architects and Contractors will be faced with an increasingly diverse set of standards to apply to their projects.

Through an exploration of the design-bid-build and construction management deliver models, participants in this course will understand the unique roles, responsibilities, risks and opportunities unique to sustainable design and construction projects and discover how to reduce, or better allocate, contractual risks using the AIA’s Sustainable Projects Contract Documents and the revised AIA Sustainability Guide.

Learning Objectives:

1. Examine how a clear understanding of each party’s unique roles and responsibilities will reduce project delays and misunderstandings; contribute to a successful sustainable project; and enhance the health and well-being of building occupants.

2. Discover the unique contractual risks architects, owners and contractors face when designing, constructing, or operating sustainable projects.

3. Identify the key contractual modifications that help alleviate the risks and challenges of Sustainable Design and Construction and understand the business and practice implications to be considered by owners, architects and contractors.

4. Explore new sustainable concepts related to the Construction Management delivery model and how these concepts contrast with the typical design-bid-build delivery model.

Please send your questions, comments and feedback to: hastihejazi@aia.org