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The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) develops and updates fair and objective standard documents that represent the latest and best thinking in contractual relations between all parties involved in engineering design and construction projects. The committee is made up of NSPE's Professional Engineers in Private Practice, the American Counsel of Engineering Companies, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Associated General Contractors and involves the participation of more than 15 other professional engineering design, construction, owner, legal, and risk management organizations.

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Contract Document Categories
All Construction Contract Document Sets Design/Build Engineer/Sub-consultant	Environmental Remediation Owner/Engineer Procurement Other Documents, Commentaries, and Guides

Other EJCDC Resources EJCDC Publishes 2008 Edition of Owner-Engineer Agreement (PDF) Recent Court Decisions Relevant to Contract Documents (PDF) Significant Legal and Legislative Actions (PDF) Highlights of the 2007 Construction Series (PDF) EJCDC Instructions for Use and License Agreement (PDF) EJCDC C-800: Guide to the Preparation of Supplementary Conditions Online, On-demand Course: Understanding and Using Engineering and Construction Contract Documents-Funding Agency Edition Guidance on the use of EJCDC Funding Agency Edition documents on water and wastewater projects with RUS Financial Assistance (RUS #1780-26) (PDF) The New AIA and ConsensusDOCS (PDFs): Beware the Differences: The Professional Services Agreements and Beware the Differences: The Construction Agreements Learn best practices to use the only preapproved construction and engineering services contract documents for use on water and wastewater projects financed by the USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Download a registration form (Microsoft Word document). A catalog of all EJCDC contract documents, in PDF, is available.

Benefits of EJCDC Contracts Each EJCDC contract document is prepared by experienced engineering design and construction professionals, owners, contractors, professional liability and risk management experts, and legal counsel. EJCDC contract documents offer many benefits: Created and peer-reviewed by experienced industry experts Reduced conflicts and litigation Balanced and fair provisions User-friendly and easily customizable Notice: EJCDC encourages the use of its standard contract documents for the benefit of all parties involved in engineering design and construction projects. Any change or modification to the language of a document should be reviewed by legal counsel before using. Users should also be aware that a change in one document may affect related documents and should be coordinated in order to avoid confusing or conflicting language. Do you have a need for multiple contract documents in electronic format? Order a customized CD-ROM with all the documents you need. CDs will be shipped to you within 24 hours. For information, contact pepp@nspe.org.

EJCDC Issues Interim Payment Bond Forms Approved by the Surety and Fidelity Association of America and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers: The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee, has published a revised edition of its standard payment bond form. The new form, EJCDC C-615(A), is intended to be used on an interim basis as a substitute for EJCDC's standard payment bond form, EJCDC C-615, pending a full review and reissuance of the standard form. The interim form addresses a concern regarding the misapplication of the standard form's section on the time limit for the surety's response to a claim on the bond. That concern arose as a result of court decisions in a few jurisdictions and led users and sureties to request a revision of the form. For a longer explanation, download a form in PDF format, or Purchase and download the document online >>