B195-2008 Question

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Elsa Contreras

October 14, 2023 13:07

What is the difference between CA and construction phase services. This is mentioned in article 1 in the B195 IPD prime contract between architect and owner. 

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  Christine Williamson Cronin October 14, 2023 19:24

  I’m not sure what the actual answer is but in practice we pretty much use these terms interchangeably. I’m trying to imagine a CA task that wouldn’t be considered construction phase services (or vise versa). I suppose you could consider unfinished design services that continue after construction has started construction phase services that don’t relate to construction? But that seems like a stretch. Or perhaps CA refers in this case to contract administration?

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  Michael Ermann October 14, 2023 21:59

  The lawyers at AIA thought that the phase “construction administration” exposed architects to too much liability risk….”ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if the architect had effectively performed construction ADMINISTRATION as they were required to, would the basement leak?”…. So they fairly recently changed the name to construction phase services…it is two different titles for the same thing, one new and one old.

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  Christine Williamson Cronin October 15, 2023 00:22

  Lol! Of course there’s a legal reason! Who am I to challenge a lawyer, but how silly to think that calling the same set of responsibilities by a different name would change anything at all?! Thanks, Michael.

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  Elsa Contreras October 16, 2023 19:18

  Thank you both so much for this explanation. It makes it very confusing when the A201, B101, and A101 use the term CA and the other contracts regarding the other project deliveries use the term Construction Phase Services. 

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