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Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age [Kietas viršelis]

(University of the West of England, UK)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 228 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 580 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 34 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Feb-2021
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 036744349X
  • ISBN-13: 9780367443498
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 228 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 580 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 34 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Feb-2021
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 036744349X
  • ISBN-13: 9780367443498
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Raktažodžiai:
"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"--

Innovating 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 industry. The rationale for this approach lies in ensuring that the developments are congruent with the existing frameworks provided by the law. The book proposes various steps that the industry should seriously consider taking from the current position to shape the future of the sector and ultimately create a better, more productive and sustainable construction industry.

This book is a readable and engaging guide for students and practitioners looking to learn more about construction law and its relationship with technology and for those seeking a platform for graduate studies in this area.

Lists of figures
xi
List of tables
xii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xvi
Glossary of terms used relating to technology xvii
SECTION I Background
1(24)
1 Introduction
3(22)
1.1 The legal approaches in the hook
6(1)
1.2 The productivity challenge for the construction sector
7(4)
1.3 Changing professional roles
11(5)
1.4 The importance of data
16(2)
1.5 Contracts as the key
18(2)
1.6 The sections explained
20(5)
SECTION II AS IS
25(42)
2 Limitations of the construction industry's approach
27(13)
2.1 The goldfish memmy problem
28(2)
2.2 Undercapitalisation
30(1)
2.3 Disputomania
30(2)
2.4 The flashes in the pan
32(2)
2.5 A patchy track record of successful government intervention
34(3)
2.6 Not being good with change
37(3)
3 Limitations in the legal approach
40(27)
3.1 Focusing on the negative
42(4)
3.2 Standard forms and contract drafting
46(2)
3.3 Divergence in national legal approaches
48(7)
3.4 Incompatibilities between existing construction law practice and technological advancements
55(2)
3.5 Emerging responses to the changing landscape
57(6)
3.6 Conclusion
63(4)
SECTION III TO BE
67(66)
4 The smart contract in construction
69(29)
4.1 The component parts
71(4)
4.2 The distributed ledger
75(1)
4.3 The benefits of smart contracts
76(2)
4.4 Smart contract development
78(4)
4.5 The features of a smart contract
82(1)
4.6 The relationship with distributed ledgers
83(2)
4.7 An example of a private off-chain ledger
85(2)
4.8 The state of the art in smart contract development
87(2)
4.9 What might the future of smart contracts look like?
89(1)
4.10 How might smart contracts work in the built environment?
89(2)
4.11 Other possible applications for smart contracts
91(2)
4.12 Why have smart contracts not yet arrived?
93(3)
4.13 Conclusion
96(2)
5 Perceptions in the construction industry of smart contracts
98(22)
5.1 Socio-legal studies
98(1)
5.2 Qualitative responses
99(1)
5.3 Quantitative responses
100(3)
5.4 Responses generally
103(1)
5.5 The positive comments
104(4)
5.6 Not-so-positive comments
108(3)
5.7 Indifference towards smart contracts
111(3)
5.8 The longer view
114(3)
5.9 Contributions of solutions to the debate
117(1)
5.10 Further correlation and corroboration
118(1)
5.11 Conclusions
118(2)
6 Smart contracts and the legal system
120(13)
6.1 Introduction
120(1)
6.2 Informing trust
121(1)
6.3 Smart contract law
122(6)
6.4 Smart construction law
128(3)
6.5 Conclusion
131(2)
SECTION IV The steps in-between
133(66)
7 New collaborative directions
135(12)
7.1 The challenge for the law makers
136(2)
7.2 An evolved concept of collaboration
138(2)
7.3 Recognising the importance of maintenance
140(1)
7.4 Multi-party arrangements
141(3)
7.5 Multi-party liability
144(3)
8 Background provisions
147(19)
8.1 Latham's wish list revisited
147(9)
8.2 Other important background provisions
156(10)
9 The steps in-between
166(15)
9.1 Government support
166(2)
9.2 Digital upskilling
168(4)
9.3 Smart technologies --- the here and now
172(1)
9.4 Project Bank Accounts (PBAs)
173(1)
9.5 New Engineering Contract (NEC4)
174(1)
9.6 Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1)
175(2)
9.7 Pre-construction service agreements
177(1)
9.8 Off-site manufacture for construction and pre-fabrication
178(3)
10 Building Information Modelling (BIM)
181(18)
10.1 BIM explained
181(1)
10.2 BIM levels
182(1)
10.3 BIM through government initiatives
183(1)
10.4 BIM as the enabler
184(2)
10.5 BIM issues
186(2)
10.6 BIM and contract drafting
188(1)
10.7 BIM best practice case study
189(4)
10.8 BIM into the future
193(1)
10.9 BIM and digital twins
194(2)
10.10 Conclusion
196(3)
SECTION V Online dispute resolution and smart contracts
199(22)
11 Online dispute resolution
201(15)
11.1 Introduction
201(2)
11.2 Dispute resolution, AS IS
203(6)
11.3 Dispute resolution, TO BE
209(4)
11.4 Dispute resolution, the steps in-between
213(3)
12 Conclusions and next steps
216(5)
12.1 Conclusions
216(3)
12.2 Next steps
219(2)
Index 221
Jim Mason is Associate Head of Department, Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England, UK. He is the author of Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner, published by Routledge.