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A Documented Success
One of the urgent needs of the AIA in the nineteenth century was to standardize the contract documents used by the construction industry. The first such document, adopted in 1866, was a fee schedule. It helped define who an architect was and what an architect did. The second important document, adopted by the AIA in 1870, ensured that architects would be involved in planning, overseeing, and judging competitions for building design.
The AIA adopted the first of its construction documents, an architect and owner agreement for construction that was to become the A-201, in 1888. Today, the AIA's Contract Documents program publishes more than 70 contracts and forms that cover all phases of the design and construction process, including bid bonds and change order lists.
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