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AAA (American Arbitration Association),

571, 573–575

Academic scholarship, 14–15

Acceptance

of payment, 391–392

of work by owner, 390–391

Accessibility, under ADA, 138

Accidents

prevention programs, 402–409

risk allocation and transfer, 423–429

tort liability, 411–423

workers’ compensation laws, 410

Accord and satisfaction doctrine, 391,

392, 455–456

Accountants, 620, 656

Active negligence, 411

Activity logic, 315–316

Acts of God, 291

Actual authority, 438, 439

ADA (Americans with Disabilities

Act), 138

Additional services, of architect,

159–160

Additional work, dened, 432. See also

Changes, to contract

ADM (arrow diagramming method),

317–318

Administration of contracts. See Contract

administration

Advertisement for bids, 194–195

Advisory opinions, 570–571

Aesthetics, 355

Afrmative action, 208–211

AGC (Associated General Contractors of

America), 108, 267, 469

Agency Construction Management,

71–74

Agency law, 346–347

Agreements. See Contracts; Design

agreements

AIA (American Institute of Architects).

See American Institute of Architects

(AIA)

Air rights, 36

Alabama, statute of limitations for tort

claims, 610 n.49

Alaska, archaeological and historic

sites, 40

Alliances, in integrated project delivery,

88–89

Allowances, 241

Alternative dispute resolution, 13–14

Alternative payees, 384

Ambiguity, in contracts, 113–123

American Arbitration Association (AAA),

571, 573–575

American Bar Association Forum on the

Construction Industry, 15

American College of Construction

Lawyers, 15

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

acceptance of payment as waiver of

claims, 391

change orders, 434–437, 440, 443, 449

contract administration, 344

contract document summary, 104–108

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differing site conditions clause, 469,

470, 480

extensions for delays, 291

ow-down provisions, 257–258

founding, 4

General Conditions of the Contract for

Construction, 39, 42, 65 n.12, 105

insurance requirements, 532–535

integrated project delivery, 88 n.35

mediation, 570

Standard Form of Agreement Between

Contractor and Subcontractor, 257,

261, 263–264

Standard Form of Agreement Between

Owner and Architect, 43, 51, 165

Standard Form of Agreement Between

Owner and Contractor, 569

termination of contract, 495–498, 500

timing of payments, 379

Uniform Contract (1888), 5, 8

American Subcontractors Associa-

tion, 269

Americans with Disabilities Act

(ADA), 138

Ancient history, 1–3

Anti-indemnity statutes, 264–265

Apparent authority, 438, 439

Applications for payments, 373–376

Appraisers, 620

Approval procedures, 349

Arbitration

architect’s role in, 366–367

attacks on right of, 575–576

binding, 571

conrmation or vacation of award by

court, 576–577

contractual provision, 573–575

history of, 8–9

modication of award by arbitra-

tors, 576

nonbinding informal summary, 571

place of, 574

principles of, 572–578

statutory basis, 572–573

use of, 14

waiver of, 575–576

Archaeological sites, 40–41

Architects and architecture. See also

Contract administration; Design

agreements

certicates of payment, 374, 375–376

as clerk of the works, 345

compensation, 159–160, 175–176

contract references, 124–125

delays by, 295

in design-bid-construct system, 64–69

in design-build system, 80, 81, 83–84

liability of, 140–151, 386, 419–423

as profession, 4

programming, 50–51

quasi-judicial role immunity, 366–367

role of, 20–21, 616–617

services, 156–164

subcontractors, 21–22, 134–135

Architectural Works Copyright Protection

Act (AWCPA), 172

Arizona, lien waivers in, 528

Arkansas

retainage, 377 n.31

statute of repose, 612 n.58, 59

Army Corps of Engineers, 296, 561, 565

Arrow diagramming method (ADM),

317–318

Asbestos, 42, 522

Associated General Contractors of Amer-

ica (AGC), 108, 267, 469

Associated Soil and Foundation Engi-

neers, 184

Assumption-of-risk doctrine, 428

At-risk construction management,

59 n.3, 74–78, 212–213

Attorneys, 620, 656

Audit rights, 243–244

Augustus, 2

Australia, alliance approach, 89

Authority, to issue changes, 437–440

Baby Brooks Acts, 193

Bankruptcy, 295, 378–379, 529, 553–556

Bar charts, 312–314, 333–334

Baseline schedules, 327–330

Basic services, of architect, 159–160