AIA Contract Documents

AIA New Hampshire is a distributor of AIA Contract Documents, the industry standard for design and construction projects. Typically, architects and other parties use these documents to support agreements relating to design and construction services. When AIA Contract Documents are in force, everyone's interests are in balance. Anyone may purchase and use the documents. AIA Members receive a 20% discount on paper documents when ordering. AIANH Affiliate members receive a 15% discount on paper documents when ordering. Members also receive a discounted price on electric Document software.

Paper Documents:
To order paper AIA Contract Documents open our Document Price List
on which there is an order form to fax or mail. The list also includes titles, prices, and additional information about AIA Documents. We now accept credit cards.

Document Resources
• For information about the Document families and descriptions of each AIA Document, go to: www.aia.org/contractdocs/AIAS076693
• The AIA provides free PDF copies of document comparisons, document commentaries, guides to amendments and supplementary conditions, AIA Document G612™–2001, Owner’s Instructions to the Architect, and versions of AIA Documents A201™–1997 and B151™–1997 for use with A121CMc™–2003 and A131CMc™–2003. Go to www.aia.org/contractdocs/AIAS076659 for these resources.
• Looking for a quick tutorial on how to use the AIA’s Contract Documents® software? Would you like an in-depth, easy-to-follow understanding of the AIA’s most commonly used documents? If your answer is yes or you have other questions on how to make the documents work best for you, here is your one-stop resource for education and training. www.aia.org/contractdocs/training/index.htm
• AIA Contract Documents Support: Support for Documentaion, Purchasing, Technical questions, Content and Usage, Software Updates.

Electric AIA Contract Documents software: Based on the widely-accepted Microsoft® Word platform, the new and entirely redesigned AIA Contract Documents software (for Windows OS) lets you create, share, and manage documents with ease. Even the popular AIA Contract Administration and Project Management Forms, the G Forms, can be completed in Word, making it easy for the project team to collaborate at the construction site or wherever they're located. Given the complexity of today's design and construction projects, shouldn't you be using the best contract document tool available? Purchasing Information

AIA Electronic Documents Eshop:
The AIA Contract Documents on Demand system has been shut down for the time being. The eShop vendor decided to go in another business direction. AIA is investigating replacement options, and we will post any new developments. We recommend that instead you purchase Docs100 software license (available to AIA members only) and the Docs300 software license (available to both members and non-members). Please click on the red box above for more details. Or, purchase your paper documents from the AIANH office.

Try Quantum Contract Manager!
This PC program will collect information to easily fill out many of the original AIA Contract Documents purchased in paper format, including G701, G702, and G703. The program automates the billing process, doing all the required calculations to complete and print to your payment applications and other contract documents. The purchase price is a one-time charge. For an online demo, program description, pricing and purchasing information go to: http://www.quantumcm.com/distributors/newhampshire

Documents Overview
More than 100 forms and contracts comprise AIA Contract Documents. These forms and contracts define the relationships and terms involved in design and construction projects.

Prepared by the AIA with the consensus of owners, contractors, attorneys, architects, engineers, and others, the documents have been finely tuned during their 120-year history. As a result, these comprehensive contracts and forms are now widely recognized as the industry standard. They facilitate communication among all the parties involved in construction, which makes it easier to produce a high quality project in a timely and economical fashion.

AIA documents are fair.

AIA contracts and forms are consensus documents that reflect advice from practicing architects, contractors, engineers as well as owners, surety bond producers, issuers and attorneys. AIA documents balance the interest of all the parties, so not one interest, including that of the architect, is unfairly presented.

AIA documents reflect industry practices, not theory.

Where practices are inconsistent or no guidelines for practices exist, the AIA documents provide a consensus-based model for practitioners to follow.

AIA documents reflect changing construction practices and technology.

AIA documents are revised regularly to accommodate changes in professional and industry practices, insurance and technology.

AIA documents reflect the law.

AIA documents are revised and updated to incorporate changes resulting from court interpretations and rulings, legal precedent, and nuances.

AIA documents are flexible.

AIA documents can be easily modified to accommodate individual project demands. Such changes are easily distinguished from the original, printed language.

AIA documents are easy to interpret.

AIA documents use the common meaning of words and phrases. Industry and legal jargon is avoided whenever possible.

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