ABSTRACT
This chapter utilizes the construction industry as an example to highlight whether the legal and contractual challenges of using information communication technologies (ICT) have been addressed in Institute of Standards and Testing funded projects of the European Union (EU). It focuses on the collaborative working technologies being applied in a virtual organisation (VO). The use of ICT in a business such as construction is a good example where VO are commonly used for any number of different projects. Effective use of collaborative systems are vital in the construction industry because of the large number of project participants, often being geographically dispersed. Information technologies-or information and communication technologies-as they are referred to have been applied in the construction domain in an attempt to improve communications through more efficient information transfer. In the EU construction sector any kind of document has the potential to be legally admissible.
