Description
Book SynopsisInnovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age takes a speculative look at current and emerging technologies and examines how legal practice in the construction industry can best engage with the landscape they represent. The book builds the case for a legal approach based on transparency, traceability and collaboration in order to seize the opportunities presented by technologies such as smart contracts, blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data and building information modelling. The benefits these initiatives bring to the construction sector have the potential to provide economic, societal and environmental benefits as well as reducing the incidence of disputes.
The author uses a mixture of black letter law and socio-legal commentary to facilitate the discourse around procurement, law and technology. The sections of the book cover the AS IS position, the TO BE future position as predicted and the STEPS INBETWEEN, which can enable a real change in the indus
Table of Contents
Section 1: Background 1. Introduction Section 2: AS IS 2. Limitations of the Construction Industry’s Approach 3. Limitations in the Legal Approach Section 3: TO BE 4. The Smart Contract in Construction 5. Perceptions in the Construction Industry of Smart Contracts? 6. Smart Contracts and the Legal System Section 4: The Steps In-Between 7. New Collaborative Directions 8. Background Provisions 9. The Steps in-Between 10. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Section 5: Online Dispute Resolution and Smart Contracts 11. Online Dispute Resolution 12. Conclusions and Next Steps
