ISO19650 Information Protocol Explained

ARTICLE | Beale & Co

A new version of the BIM Protocol was in May, the Centre for Digital Built Britain, the UK BIM Alliance and the Construction Industry, co-authored by Andrew Croft, Senior Associate, alongside May Winfield, Associate Director at Buro Happold and Simon Lewis, Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson

The new Information Protocol updated the CIC Protocol Second Edition to reflect ISO 19650-1 and 2, the current Information Management standards.   

In this article, published in BIM+, Andrew Croft, May Winfield, and Simon Lewis, offer an overview of the new Information Protocol.

The panacea of offsite construction and DfMA – what legal risks?

ARTICLE | AEXC Magazine

Analysis of legal risks of offsite and DfMA

Legal - BIM standards made simple

ARTICLE | Building Magazine

The new international standard on BIM could take some getting to grips with – but guidance is being developed

Blockchain and smart contracts: Binary solutions in a non-binary industry?

ARTICLE | PBC Today
Discussing the legal risks of blockchain and smart contracts

Drones: The Legal Frontier – the Opportunities and Risks of Taking Flight

ARTICLE | Society of Construction Law ($)

The paper provides a useful review of the current legal position in the UK regarding commercial drones and their current and potential use in the construction industry. The author examines the potential legal risks in areas such as insurance, compliance with regulations, privacy, trespass and property damage and makes suggestions about how drone users might mitigate these risks, generally and contractually, and in terms of the specific operation of drones.

#LegalFutures Blog Part 1: The Future Will Be 3D Printed

ARTICLE | Digital Construction Week

Reviewing the history and legal issues of 3D printing

Winfield Rock Report

REPORT | UK BIM Alliance

A state of the nation, comprehensive review of legal BIM and the legal community’s understanding of BIM; making recommendations on the way forward.

Finalist in the Building Awards 2018, "Digital and BIM Initiative of the Year" category

The Legal Frontier: Blockchain and smart contracts

ARTICLE | BIM+

Reviewing the legal and contractual issues of Blockchain and smart contracts for the construction industry

3D Printing

ARTICLE | BIM+

Reviewing the legal and contractual issues of 3D printing

How BIM Can Assist Implementation of CDM

ARTICLE | Construction Manager/BIM+

Are CDM and BIM a natural partnership? The data-rich environment of BIM has the potential to assist in the fulfilment of CDM duties.

BIM Views: The legal landscape

ARTICLE | Construction Manager / BIM+

Three solicitors, including May Winfield, discuss the impact BIM is having on contracts and projects.

CDM regulations 2015: additional risks under designers’ PI policies

ARTICLE | Kennedys

Reviews the issues arising from the CDM Regulations 2015, with a seminar to follow in April 2015.

Building Information Modelling- The Legal Frontier: Overcoming legal and contractual obstacles

ARTICLE | Society of Construction Law

Analysing the legal and contractual issues arising from the use of Building Information Modelling, and proposing a framework to minimise these issues.

CDM 2015 - designers and their PI insurers

ARTICLE | Construction Manager Magazine

Discussing the impact of the CDM 2015 on designers and PI insurance

CDM Regulations 2015: additional risks under designers’ PI policies

ARTICLE | Kennedy’s Construction Bulletin

Considering the impact of the CDM 2015 Regulations, in particular the replacement of CDM Co-ordinators with the Principal Designer role, and the potential impact on PI insurance.

What does the BIM legal landscape in other jurisdictions look like?

ARTICLE | Construction Manager and Kennedys Construction Brief

UK Standard Forms: Are They BIM-enabled

ARTICLE | Construction Manager and Kennedys Construction Brief

Discussing the present position of standard form contracts in responding to the needs of BIM projects.

Integrated Project Insurance

ARTICLE | Kennedys

What is integrated project insurance, and is it an inevitable step to BIM implementation?

Integrated Project Insurance

ARTICLE | Construction Manager

The traditional insurance position within the industry is changing, in part encouraged and catalysed by the various government Construction Strategy initiatives (BIM being just one of them). To complement these developments, a new approach to insurance is now being piloted, Integrated Project Insurance.

"Express guarantee” - exclusions in professional indemnity policies

ARTICLE | Kennedys

What does express guarantee mean and when does a contractual term amount to an express guarantee?