Construction 4.0 and ISO 19650: A panacea for the digital revolution?

Construction 4.0 is, at its heart, centred around greater digitisation. The ISO 19650 series is the result of 4 years of development and is a game changer in standardising the process of digital information management. It is being actively implemented across the world, from Europe to Australia, but does it progress or hinder the agenda of Construction 4.0 or does it sit outside that movement? This paper provides a critical analysis of the operation of the ISO 19650 series in addressing the legal and contractual impacts of the digitisation of information management. It also considers the related consequences of the legal community's continuing struggle to understand the consequences and meaning of digital information management and considers how progress can be made in this area. © 2020 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved.