AIA Contract Document Workshop Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Project Delivery and Contracting Methods
T. Madigan
Design-bid-build with general contractor
Construction manager-as-agent
Construction manager-at-risk
Design-buildLump sum
Cost reimbursable
Guaranteed maximum price
The Primary AIA Contract Documents
R. Burns Jr.
A101-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and
Contractor (Stipulated Sum)
A102-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and
Contractor (Cost Plus Fee with GMP)
B101 – 2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect
A133-2009 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Construction Manager
Where Construction Manager is also Constructor
A141 – 2014 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design Builder
A401 – 2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor
C401 – 2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Architect and Consultant
AIA A201: General Conditions
J. Neiser
Overview of new updates to AIA documents
General provisions
Project participants: owner, contractor, architect, engineer, subcontractors
Changes in the work
Time, payments and completion
Protection of persons and property, insurance and bonds
Defects in and correction of work
Miscellaneous provisions
Termination, suspension, claims and disputes
Supplemental or Alternate AIA Contract Documents
J. Webster
A105-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and
Contractor for a Residential or Small Commercial Project
A107-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor
for a Project of Limited Scope
B105-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect for a
Residential or Small Commercial Project
The “SP” Series for Sustainable Projects
AIA Contract Documents for Digital Practice
Most-Negotiated AIA Terms – Owner and Contractor
R. Burns Jr., J. Webster and T. Madigan
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses for Pennsylvania engineers are not subject to pre-approval.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Thomas Madigan
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PCShareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, in Pittsburgh Mr. Madigan is a construction lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and leads the firm’s Construction Practice Group. He represents general contractors, construction managers, engineers, and owners, as well as manufacturers and suppliers of systems, products and materials utilized in construction. Mr. Madigan is experienced in all aspects of construction law from the negotiation of contracts to project counseling and the prosecution and defense of claims. He has extensive knowledge of all types of project delivery systems, including traditional design-bid-build, design-build, EPC, DBOM, and public-private partnerships. Mr. Madigan has litigated construction and design defect claims, delay and disruption claims and payment claims arising from public and private projects in jurisdictions across the United States.
Julian Neiser
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLCMember with Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, in PittsburghMr. Neiser is a commercial and construction lawyer at thefirm. He has extensive experience in litigation, contractnegotiations, and alternative dispute resolution. His practiceincludes representation of owners, general contractors,and architects on projects of all sizes. Mr. Neiser alsois a mediator and serves as outside general counsel tocorporations. Mr. Neiser is a regular contributor to nationalbusiness and legal publications on topics such as electronicdiscovery, construction law, and trial work. He also is anofficer and council member of the Allegheny County BarAssociation Construction Law Section and is a veteran of theUnited States Marine Corps.
Jordan Webster
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PCCounsel with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, in Pittsburgh Mr. Webster is a litigator with experience in a wide variety of commercial disputes, though much of his practice involves representing clients in the construction industry. Mr. Webster is an accomplished trial attorney with trial experience in state and federal courts, bench and jury trials, preliminary injunction hearings, and private arbitrations. He advises his construction industry clients, which include owners, design professionals, contractors, and subcontractors, at all stages of a construction project. Mr. Webster has handled disputes for clients in the construction industry involving alleged design defects, professional negligence, delay and disruption claims, unforeseen conditions, property damage, and catastrophic injury. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law and the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Construction Law Section.