The Construction Management Associa...

The Construction Management Association of America's newly issued mould owner-design professional agreement was the focus of CMAA's latter annual meeting in San Diego. The strange document applies only to situations in which the CM is retained as the owner's independent agent, rather than when it provides a guaranteed maximum price, which essentially makes the CM a general contractor. CMAA earlier published proprietor CM and owner-contractor agreements, and general conditions for the construction of casts done under CM.

Not surprisingly, the novel document, entitled Standard Form of