Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age

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"Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age draws together current and emerging technologies and examines how legal practice in the construction industry can respond to the challenges to its existing arrangements"-- Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Glossary of Terms used Relating to Technology Section I: Background 1. Introduction 1.1. The Legal Approaches in the Book 1.2. The Productivity Challenge for the Construction Sector 1.3. Changing Professional Roles 1.4. The Importance of Data 1.5. Contracts as the Key 1.6. The Sections Explained Section II: As Is 2. Limitations of the Construction Industry’s Approach 2.1. The Goldfish Memory Problem 2.2. Undercapitalisation 2.3. Disputomania 2.4. The Flashes in the Pan 2.5. A Patchy Track Record of Successful Government Intervention 2.6. Not Being Good with Change 3. Limitations in the Legal Approach 3.1. Focusing on the Negative 3.2. Standard forms and Contract Drafting 3.3. Divergence in National Legal Approaches 3.4. Incompatibilities Between Existing Construction Law Practice and Technological Advancements 3.5. Emerging Responses to the Changing Landscape 3.6. Conclusion Section III: To Be 4. The Smart Contract in Construction 4.1. The Component Parts 4.2. The Distributed Ledger 4.3. The Benefits of Smart Contracts 4.4. Smart Contract Development 4.5. The Features of a Smart Contract 4.6. The Relationship with Distributed Ledgers 4.7. An Example of a Private Off-Chain Ledger 4.8. The State of the Art in Smart Contract Development 4.9. What Might the Future of Smart Contracts Look Like? 4.10. How Might Smart Contracts Work in the Built Environment? 4.11. Other Possible Applications for Smart Contracts 4.12. Why have Smart Contracts not Yet Arrived? 4.13. Conclusion 5. Perceptions in the Construction Industry of Smart Contracts 5.1. Socio-Legal Studies 5.2. Qualitative Responses 5.3. Quantitative Responses 5.4. Responses Generally 5.5. The Positive Comments 5.6. Not-So-Positive Comments 5.7. Indifference Towards Smart Contracts 5.8. The Longer View 5.9. Contributions of Solutions to the Debate 5.10. Further Correlation and Corroboration 5.11. Conclusions 6. Smart Contracts and the Legal System 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Informing Trust 6.3. Smart Contract Law 6.4. Smart Construction Law 6.5. Conclusion Section IV: The Steps In-Between 7. New Collaborative Directions 7.1. The Challenge for the Law Makers 7.2. An Evolved Concept of Collaboration 7.3. Recognising the Importance of Maintenance 7.4. Multi-Party Arrangements 7.5. Multi-Party Liability 8. Background Provisions 8.1. Latham’s Wish List Revisited 8.2. Other Important Background Provisions 9. The Steps in Between 9.1. Government Support 9.2. Digital Upskilling 9.3. Smart Technologies – The Here and Now 9.4. Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) 9.5. New Engineering Contract (NEC4) 9.6. Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1) 9.7. Pre-Construction Service Agreements 9.8. Off-Site Manufacture for Construction and Pre-Fabrication 10. Building Information Modelling (BIM) 10.1. BIM Explained 10.2. BIM Levels 10.3. BIM Through Government Initiatives 10.4. BIM as the Enabler 10.5. BIM Issues 10.6. BIM and Contract Drafting 10.7. BIM Best Practice Case Study 10.8. BIM into the Future 10.9. BIM and Digital Twins 10.10. Conclusion Section V: Online Dispute Resolution and Smart Contracts 11. Online Dispute Resolution 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Dispute Resolution, As Is 11.3. Dispute Resolution, To Be 11.4. Dispute Resolution, The Steps in Between 12. Conclusions and Next Steps 12.1. Conclusions 12.2. Next Steps Index