What Contractors Absolutely Need to Know About the New AIA A201 and ConsensusDocs Contract Documents

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) once-per-decade revisions to the AIA A201 general conditions and related agreements are now the only current A201 edition available in paper. ConsensusDocs, which are written and endorsed by AGC and 40 total organizations also updated our most used agreements. Learn what is new and significantly different about these sets of standard documents, and how you can leverage these standards in your contract negotiations. Even if you do not use standard industry contracts, these standard impact your bottom-line what is coming in future contract requirements. This seminar will cover:

• Critical new language including: payment; termination; time, notice, insurance, means and methods, submittals, and much more
• Learn contract negotiation strategies in making modifications to standards documents and leveraging the differences between the two standard document provisions
• Understand the new AIA A201 and ConsensusDocs updates.

Brian Perlberg serves as the Executive Director & Senior Counsel for ConsensusDocs, a coalition of 40 leading construction organizations. Mr. Perlberg also serves as AGC’s  in-house attorney for all construction law and contract matters. Mr. Perlberg is on the ABA Forum on the Construction Law Steering Committee for the Contract Documents, an Executive Committee for the Arbitration Association of America (AAA), and the Board for Construction SuperConference.
Mr. Perlberg regularly speaks at national conferences such as Associated General Contractors of America, ABA Forum on Construction, DBIA CMAA, CSI, and CFMA.  He was recently recognized as a top legal voice by ENR magazine and recognized by Whose Who Legal for Construction.