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ConsensusDOCS Celebrates Fourth Year of Continued Growth and Industry Leadership

Sept. 28, 2011 marks the fourth anniversary of ConsensusDOCS - the only standard contracts written by a broad coalition of the design and construction industry.  In just four years, ConsensusDOCS has become a leader in advancing best practices and fair contracts, including: 2007: published the first integrated project delivery (IPD) standard contract 2008: published the first building information modeling (BIM) standard contract 2009: published the first standard contract to comprehensively address green building 2010: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 is the first and only group to publish 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).  Purchase yours today at www.consensudocs.org. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"4562","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-medium wp-image-10628","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"365","height":"265","title":"LogoSheet4 - Half without names - August 2011","alt":""}}]]