Smart Construction is a podcast for construction professionals covering the latest in construction contracts. This podcast series will discuss collaborative contracting, with an emphasis on business information modelling (BIM) and will review other technologies which may become popular in the construction industry in the future. This Podcast is hosted by RDJ Construction Partner Alison Bearpark.

EPISODE ONE - INTRODUCTION TO BIM AND IP RIGHTS ON BIM ENABLED PROJECTS

The use of level two Building Information Modelling (BIM) and upwards is a form of collaborative contracting and is a model that is shared among construction professionals in one coherent system rather than separate sets of 2D drawings. Arran Timms, Senior Project Manager at Virtus and Diarmaid Gavin, Corporate partner at RDJ join us to discuss some key considerations around intellectual property rights on a construction project generally and on a BIM enabled project.

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