Working smarter together: collaborative contracts proving the catalyst for new technology

By Ben Wilkins 2019-04-30T05:00:00

In the ninth part of our series on new technology and the law, Ben Wilkins considers how more contracts based on collaborative working can help drive the use of new technology

In 2017, management consultant McKinsey proclaimed the construction sector was “stuck in a time warp” and “one of the least digitised sectors in the world”. Recent trends indicate change is finally on the way – and new contract forms focused on partnership and collaborative working may help facilitate this change.

Collaboration

Published almost 25 years ago, Sir Michael Latham’s seminal Constructing the Team report set out numerous recommendations for how parties in our industry could move away from an adversarial system to adopt a more collaborative approach. The Latham report provided the impetus for a number of important reforms, such as the introduction of the Construction Act in 1996.

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