ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the contractual and legal implications of building information Modelling (BIM) for project team members. The Government Construction Clients Group suggested in March 2011 that ‘Little change is required in the fundamental building blocks of copyright law, contracts or insurance to facilitate working at Level 2 of BIM maturity. The duty of a consultant to use ‘reasonable skill and care’ in creating a design, and its duty to produce a design that is buildable, should not be affected by the adoption of BIM. BIM provides clarity as to the Level of Detail in each model at each stage of a project, and requires that consultant appointments and building contracts reflect that clarity in deadlines setting out the agreed sequence of model production, delivery, comment and approval. There should be a contractual commitment by all team members: to produce and deliver their BIM models to the agreed Level of Detail by agreed deadlines at each stage.
