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The Impact of the Government Procurement Agreement to Procurement Laws in Australia
This paper analyses the impact of the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), procurement legislation in construction law in Australia. This paper proposes a study of the relationship between the entities (Australian Government and GPA) outlining how and why the GPA affects the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPR’s). A Let's Connect submissions by Maike Barton.
Subjective objectivity – As built critical path analysis
This paper looks at the different methods of delay analysis defined by the Delay and Disruption protocol 2nd edition, some of their issues, and ‘subjective objectivity’ and bias by reference to Nobel Prize winner Dr Daniel Kahneman and his work on ‘Judgement Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases’. A Let's Connect Submission by Tommy Wakefield-Smith
Australian Rules: A Survey of the High Court of Australia on Construction Law 1965-2016
Video presentation by John Sharkey AM at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW
Are inappropriate risk allocations in construct contracts a root cause for (mega) project delivery failure: a Korda Mentha perspective
2018 National Conference paper by Ben Mahler and Scott Langdon
The Ironies of Automation - How Technology will Change Construction
2018 National Conference paper by Dr Sean Brady
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotic Technologies – Should the Construction Industry be Concerned or Excited?
Video presentation by Victor Lau and Aleesha Way at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW
Legal Project Management: Intuitive or something else?
SoCLA 2018 National Conference paper by Dr Samer Skaik
Rebuilding the Court as a Bastion of Dispute Resolution
Video presentation by Nick Rudge and Rami Marginean at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW
Back to the Past? Future challenges for better, safer, building design and construction?
2018 SoCLA National Conference paper by Dr Giorgio Marfella and Jeanette Barbaro.