October 2012
The government’s construction strategy requires that all government projects utilise a fully collaborative 3D computer model (Level 2) by 2016, with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic. There is no doubt that BIM is the construction industry’s buzzword at the moment, but as Stacy Sinclair considers, what are the legal and contractual implications of the implementation of BIM on your project?
September 2012
A number of recent cases have arisen in relation to bonds and guarantees, and in this paper Nicholas Gould sets out, by way of an update, those cases.
February 2012
In this paper, Nicholas Gould considers some of the basic principles relating to bonds in the construction industry. By its nature, therefore, this paper briefly compares formal security to informal security such as bonds and guarantees before then examining unconditional on-demand bonds and conditional bonds.
January 2012
Nicholas Gould’s seminar note serves as an introduction to insurance and focuses on those issues raised by construction insurance, which may be considered under three main parts. First, the fundamental principles of insurance and the general classes of construction insurance. Second, the types of insurance available in the construction industry and some specific aspects arising from construction insurance. Finally, insurance under the standard forms.
July 2011
In this paper, Nicholas Gould reviews professional liability with a particular emphasis on modern project management practice. In reality, this means a traditional form of forward thinking construction professionals (quantity surveyors, now commercial cost managers, or some other derivation, building surveyors, architects, engineers) that have expanded into the area of project management and those acting as employer’s agents (there are of course those who have qualified as project managers (PM) or taken a masters degrees in the subject).
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