Comments on: AIA Advertisement— “Are You Wasting Time Drafting?” http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » Revisiting the Outsourcing of Law-Firm Contract Drafting http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/comment-page-1/#comment-95816 AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » Revisiting the Outsourcing of Law-Firm Contract Drafting Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:21:48 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/#comment-95816 [...] post I wrote about LaserPro, a document-assembly system for generating loan documentation, and in this December 2006 blog post I wrote about AIA Contract Documents, a document-assembly program for preparing contracts for [...] [...] post I wrote about LaserPro, a document-assembly system for generating loan documentation, and in this December 2006 blog post I wrote about AIA Contract Documents, a document-assembly program for preparing contracts for [...]

]]> By: AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » LaserPro—A Document-Assembly Success Story http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/comment-page-1/#comment-60991 AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » LaserPro—A Document-Assembly Success Story Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:30:50 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/#comment-60991 [...] example, I’ve previously mentioned the AIA’s Contract Documents system. Well, document assembly is sufficiently accepted in the construction industry that it now [...] [...] example, I’ve previously mentioned the AIA’s Contract Documents system. Well, document assembly is sufficiently accepted in the construction industry that it now [...]

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 Ken Adams Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:01:32 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/#comment-1345 Michael: To my mind, what's significant about AIA Contract Documents software isn't simply AIA's prominence, but rather that they've chosen to use sophisticated document-assembly software to facilitate use of their documents. You could see AIA as being unique in this regard, but I see them as being a harbinger of broader use of document assembly. Ken Michael: To my mind, what’s significant about AIA Contract Documents software isn’t simply AIA’s prominence, but rather that they’ve chosen to use sophisticated document-assembly software to facilitate use of their documents. You could see AIA as being unique in this regard, but I see them as being a harbinger of broader use of document assembly. Ken

]]> By: Michael Fleming http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Michael Fleming Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:56:26 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2006/12/04/aia-advertisement/#comment-1343 Note the proud statement of the '115 year history' of those documents. I worked with some construction types in the past, and EVERYBODY used the AIA documents. So, they've reached a point where you simply can't close a deal unless you accede to those forms, just as you pretty much are stuck with ACCORDE documents for typical CGL insurance policies. I don't know that we can attribute much to all of that other than Newton's first law of motion. Note the proud statement of the ’115 year history’ of those documents.

I worked with some construction types in the past, and EVERYBODY used the AIA documents. So, they’ve reached a point where you simply can’t close a deal unless you accede to those forms, just as you pretty much are stuck with ACCORDE documents for typical CGL insurance policies.

I don’t know that we can attribute much to all of that other than Newton’s first law of motion.

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