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WASHINGTON - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces that since September 2007 nearly $250,000 worth of standard contracts have been donated for charitable and educational uses.

WASHINGTON - September 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces two new subscription packages created specifically for owners. Owners have a unique role in the design and construction industry, and ConsensusDocs wants to ensure owners have access to standard contracts that address their contracting needs

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, ConsensusDocs is publishing the industry's first standard design-build agreement for design professional services on federal projects. The comprehensive agreement provides the business and contractual terms and conditions for a design-builder to hire an architect or engineer on a design-build project in a manner consistent with federal contracting laws and practices. The new agreement includes language that addresses new regulations for affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities from the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that recently took effect

WASHINGTON, DC - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs is making available a new free package of standard contract documents to make the design and construction bidding process easier for all involved parties. The contract document coalition is making its Prequalification Forms Package available for free so firms can bid on projects that require ConsensusDocs contracts without having to pay for the prequalification documents

WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association (ASFE) has become the 38th member of ConsensusDocs, a unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction industry.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In collaboration with ConsensusDocs, iSqFt has launched a new online platform designed to make the prequalification process for contractors and subcontractors seeking new work more efficient. The new application, which will also help manage information for prequalified companies, incorporates the ConsensusDocs 721 Subcontractor Prequalification Statement.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces today that the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), the national trade association representing utility and excavation contractors, joined the coalition, and has become the 37th member of this unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction industry.

Washington, D.C. - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces today that the National Hispanic Construction Association (NHCA) joined the coalition, becoming the 36th member of this unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction industry

Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs® users will be able to work on their standard construction contracts using Microsoft Word® on a PC or Mac as the result of an upgraded new web-based platform released today by the coalition. The new technology allows the more than 4,700 office locations currently using ConsensusDocs to share and collaborate with anyone using Word.

Washington, D.C. - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) and The Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) joined a growing coalition called ConsensusDOCS that produces best practices construction contracts that are fair to all parties in the design and construction process. Endorsements by AWI and IEC increase the number of endorsing organizations of the standard construction contract documents to 34.

Washington, D.C. - February 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three construction industry associations announced that they have joined the ConsensusDOCS Coalition, which creates standard contract documents for use by all participants in the construction industry.

Washington D.C. - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to the construction industry’s markedly changed economic conditions and rapid adoption of new technologies and green building goals, ConsensusDOCS today released a comprehensive update to its library of construction contract documents, as well as new contracts.