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BIM-used copyright: Dealing with emerging technologies in construction

Practical Law Construction

We have explored various topics as part of our intellectual property in construction series. For example: The Construction Act 1996 provides that payment must be made in instalments (so the designer is not held to ransom awaiting the entire payment at the end of the contract). The impact of BIM on copyright licensing strategy.

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EV charging infrastructure – construction, projects, planning and tax issues

Practical Law Construction

In the third and final blog in our series looking at common queries on the roll out of EV infrastructure (see our previous blogs on progress and challenges and landlord and tenant issues ) we focus on construction, planning and tax aspects. Question: Is planning permission required to install EV charging points in an existing building?

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Joyful Workplaces: The Surprising Edge Happiness Gives to Your Business

Stern + Associates

Organizational leaders are increasingly recognizing that employee happiness is an important goal,” says Elizabeth Dunn, Ph.D., If you have happy employees, you’re going to have less turnover and you’re going to have more productive, committed workers.” Why is it so important for business leaders to recognize what makes people happy

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The Power of Local Knowledge: Why Product Development Should Start with Listening to Your Community

Stern + Associates

How can organizations confidently take advantage of the benefits associated with modern technology while avoiding negative impacts on surrounding communities? The algorithms that power artificial intelligence (AI) tools are built on a foundation of human judgment calls ­– but humans sometimes make mistakes.

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Procuring tech for construction

Practical Law Construction

There is no doubt that technology has been and will continue to transform construction. Technology is a wide term, but it is enough to mention concepts such as BIM and Digital Twins or look at the emphasis on modern methods of construction (MMC) in the Construction Playbook to get a feel for where construction is heading.

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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

Communications Conversations

I say “unique” because it was pitched as a red carpet event where Verizon would show off its latest holiday technologies and gadgets. Get Verizon employees involved. Instead of hiring actors (or stand-ins) to showcase the Verizon products, they simply let their employees do it. Make the red carpet fun!

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Appetite remains for agency acquisitions across UK and Europe

Wadds Inc.

Behind the numbers, there is definitely turbulence – we have experienced some nervousness from buyers, particularly from the US, and interest rate increases definitely makes leveraged deals harder to construct. The large technology companies all seem to be cutting back and viewing their markets and therefore market spend on a quarterly basis.

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