Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts, Major Aia Documents

When the AIA promulgated new documents in November, 2007, the changes carried implications beyond simple contract language. Today’s construction-law attorney must fully understand all aspects of the interaction and interpretation of the new AIA documents. Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts: Major AIA Documents, Fifth Edition brings you instantly up to speed on all the important implications, helping you to effectively negotiate at the initial contract stage—and enforce the terms of the contract if litigation does arise Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts: Major AIA Documents, Fifth Edition offers reliable guidance on the most commonly used AIA documents. Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts takes a uniquely practical approach, delivering in-depth analysis of both document interpretation and interaction between the documents. It also presents well-informed perspectives and insights into judicial interpretations and supplies additional guidance on compensation and other owner obligations, performance, changes to the project, defects, contractor duties and obligations, dispute resolution, and more. This valuable resource fully covers the most important AIA documents—A101, A201,A401,A701 and B101—and it delivers: Detailed explanations of the new AIA documents Expert analysis and practice-based perspective Practical guidance on a wide variety of contract-related issues Reliable insights into the duties and obligations of all parties Proven insights into litigating your construction contracts And more ; This exclusive resource delivers key analysis regarding the implications of the new AIA documents. No other publication delivers this expert analysis of the AIA documents. Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts: Major AIA Documents, Fifth Edition is the essential reference for every attorney representing owners, contractors, and architects.