Musings

AI in Mediation

AI has the potential to bring efficiency to mediation. Are the risks overstated?

AI in Arbitration

The use of AI and LLM's in arbitration is the future. Preserving human input will be the challenge.

Performance or Prescriptive Specification? Whose design?

The decision over whether to adopt an owner's design (bid-build) or design and construct form of contract involves careful consideration.

Words Matter

The Privy Council reinforces that contract terms prevail over conduct, and the limits of an Engineer's authority

Late and over budget?

The project is delayed and is running over budget - the all too common headline for infrastructure projects - why?

Cashflow is great, but where has the money gone?

With 546 construction company liquidations in the end end October 2024 (1 in 4 of all liquidations in that period being construction companies) we have a problem.