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Constructive Acceleration in the UAE: A Matter of Contract, Law or Good Faith?
A highly commended paper in the Student Brooking Prize 2018 by Stefan Pislevik.
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
Technological Developments. BIM is vital for the future, but industry must co-operate
SoCLA 2018 National Conference paper by Chris Lenz.
OK Google, turn on the D9 Dozer: a critical analysis of the use and potential of the Internet of Things in the practice of construction law
Video presentation by Trevor Thomas at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW
Rebuilding the Court as a Bastion of Dispute Resolution
2018 SoCLA National Conference paper by Nick Rudge and Rami Marginean
The Future Graduate: A Machine or a Human?
Video presentation by William Marshall and Aleesha Way at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW
Australian Rules: A Survey of the High Court of Australia on Construction Law 1965-2016 (accompanying slides)
Accompanying slides to John Sharkey's 2018 National Conference paper "Australian Rules: A Survey of the High Court of Australia on Construction Law 1965-2016"
I, Lawyer
Video presentation by Sean Kelly and Harrison Nurse at the 2018 SoCLA National Conference at Hunter Valley, NSW