Tension builds over contract forms

By Justin Carinci
Dolan Media Newswires
For more than 100 years, American Institute of Architects documents have helped set the ground rules between owners, architects and contractors on projects.
The participation of builders’ groups gave credibility to the documents, which are incorporated into many construction contracts, and helped establish the rules as industry standards.
Each version of the A201 [...]

Government work buoys Miss. architects

Published: October 16, 2009
Tags: American Institute of Architects, Biloxi High School, Eley Guild Hardy Architects, Jones-Zander Ltd., Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Laura Smith
Dolan Media Newswires

Jackson, MS — When architects Michael Grey Jones and Joey Crain attended American Institute of Architects meetings in Washington, D.C., they were struck by the horror stories told by their colleagues from across the nation.
“One of the larger firms had to let 80 people go,” said Crain, president-elect of the Mississippi Chapter [...]

Architects adapt for BIM boom

Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: American Institute of Architects, building-information modeling, Division of State Facilities, Wisconsin Department of Administration

Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Architects realize the potential and potential headaches of a switch to building-information modeling for large state construction projects.
“I just wrestled with it for two hours on the simplest thing,” said Josh Johnson, president of the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin and an architect with Madison-based Aro Eberle Architects Inc. “There will be growing pains [...]

Decline continues in architecture

Published: June 25, 2009
Tags: American Institute of Architects, architecture, Berners-Schober Associates Inc., billings, Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc.

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
When U.S. architects reported work was picking up in March, expectations followed that the industry would be in recovery mode by now.
“It looks like this recovery is going to be a bit more elusive than we hoped,” Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of Architects, said Thursday.
Nationwide billing numbers stalled during [...]

Builders try to break project backlog

Published: March 24, 2009
Tags: Allied Construction Employers Association, American Institute of Architects, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee Inc., Gerry Broderick, Laborers’-Employers’ Cooperation and Education Trust, Mike Fabishak, Public Policy Forum Inc., Rob Henken

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Builders are pushing Wisconsin governments to stop trying to balance their budgets by putting construction projects on the back burner.
Milwaukee County emerged as an example Tuesday when the Public Policy Forum Inc., Milwaukee, reported the county has a $325.5 million backlog of deferred projects.
“Generally speaking, governments are facing the most severe fiscal challenges that [...]