ConsensusDOCS Celebrates Fourth Year of Continued Growth and Industry Leadership

September 28, 2011 marked the fourth anniversary of ConsensusDOCS – the only standard form contract documents written by a broad coalition of design and construction industry organizations, including NASBP. In just four years, ConsensusDOCS has become a leader in advancing best practices and fair contracts, including:

1. In 2007  ConsensusDOCS published the first integrated project delivery (IPD) standard contract
2. In 2008  ConsensusDOCS published the first building information modeling (BIM) standard contract
3. In 2009  ConsensusDOCS published the first standard contract to comprehensively address green building
4. In 2010  ConsensusDOCS completed a comprehensive update to keep pace with industry trends and needs

Already in 2011, ConsensusDOCS has published new and updated documents to help project stakeholders keep pace with today’s design and construction industry needs. Additionally, ConsensusDOCS published free guidance regarding the recent ACORD insurance provision changes that impact construction contracting. ConsensusDOCS remains committed to keeping a project-first philosophy mission with contracts that are written in plain English and put Owner’s in the driver’s seat of their projects.

Particularly impressive is that the diverse coalition now encompasses 35 design and construction industry associations – a 70% increase since its inception, and usership continues to rise despite the down economy. More than 500 educational seminars and articles have been given or written about ConsensusDOCS, and there are more than 68,000 results on the world-wide-web.

ConsensusDOCS – the only standard contract documents written and endorsed by a broad coalition of leading industry associations representing designers, owners, contractors, subcontractors and sureties (DOCS).

The NASBP Membership Receives Several Benefits from NASBP Being A ConsensusDOCS Coalition Member

Construction SuperConference Discount for the NASBP Membership

As a benefit of NASBP being a ConsensusDOCS Coalition member, the NASBP membership can take advantage of a special discount on registration for the 2011 Construction SuperConference, December 14-16, at the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel. Find additional information about the 26th annual conference by clicking here. The NASBP membership can use the code “CSCAGC20” when registering to receive a discounted rate.

To Purchase ConsensusDOCS Documents at NASBP Discount

The NASBP membership can receive up to 20% off their purchases of ConsensusDOCS forms if they insert the Partner Code, NASBP, and the Promotion Code, 400, when prompted during the purchase process from the ConsensusDOCS site, http://www.ConsensusDOCS.org.

For more information about ConsensusDOCS and NASBP’s participation as an endorsing member, click here.

ConsensusDOCS Construction Contracts Available With Paskr Project Management Software

ConsensusDOCS subscribers can now access seven ConsensusDOCS contracts from within the Paskr software.

• ConsensusDOCS 205 – Short Form Agreement Between Owner and Constructor
• ConsensusDOCS 280 – Certificate of Substantial Completion
• ConsensusDOCS 292 – Application for Payment
• ConsensusDOCS 450 – Agreement Between Design-Builder and Subcontractor
• ConsensusDOCS 460 – Agreement Between Design-Builder and Design-Build Subcontractor
• ConsensusDOCS 703 – Purchase Agreement for Noncommodity Goods
• ConsensusDOCS 751 – Short Form Agreement Between Constructor and Subcontractor

ConsensusDOCS and Paskr plan to continue to work together to incorporate the complete library of 90 plus ConsensusDOCS contract documents within the Paskr project management software.

Pat Whalen, President of Paskr indicated that he was pleased to be a part of the effort and looked forward to building the relationship with ConsensusDOCS. Whalen stated: “Paskr is a document portal that utilizes the technology of the internet to bring teams together and deliver, share and execute the documents. ConsensusDOCS provides and maintains a complete set of documents for the general contractor. What seemed like an everyday introduction of these two companies quickly sparked the joining of these efforts. The synergies became obvious and a relationship developed naturally. The outcome will be a state of the art tool that the industry has been begging for.”

Information about Standard Form Documents and Their Use

Valuable information about the use of ConsensusDOCS documents and other industry standard form documents are available to read and download from the ConsensusDOCS web site. Visit the ConsensusDOCS web site to access these.

NASBP is an endorsing organization of the ConsensusDOCS coalition, an unprecedented effort by 34 other industry organizations to identify industry best practices and to incorporate such practices in a new generation of consensus industry standard form documents.