Dr James Mason's Outputs (16)

Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
States have intervened with legislation to improve cashflow within construction project supply chains. The operation of the UK’s Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 leads to payment obligations stated either as a contract... Read More about Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings.

Determining what next to automate in the development of smart contracts in construction: Five principles for guiding incremental change (2024)
Journal Article

Existing research on smart contracts in construction primarily concentrates on their operational stage and the mechanics of their potential operation. Having established “can we do it?” the next question to answer is “how do we do it?” The answer inv... Read More about Determining what next to automate in the development of smart contracts in construction: Five principles for guiding incremental change.

Randomised trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a supraglottic airway device compared with tracheal intubation for in-hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-3): Protocol, design and implementation (2023)
Journal Article

Survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest is approximately 18%, but for patients who require advanced airway management survival is lower. Those who do survive are often left with significant disability. Traditionally, resuscitation of cardiac arrest... Read More about Randomised trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a supraglottic airway device compared with tracheal intubation for in-hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-3): Protocol, design and implementation.

BIM fork: Are smart contracts in construction more likely to prosper with or without BIM? (2019)
Journal Article

Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article... Read More about BIM fork: Are smart contracts in construction more likely to prosper with or without BIM?.

Smart contracts in construction: Views and perceptions of stakeholders (2018)
Journal Article

Smart contracts and blockchain technology are at the forefront of technological advancement in the financial services industry. The basic premise involves the creation of an automated contract capable of satisfying common conditions and reducing the... Read More about Smart contracts in construction: Views and perceptions of stakeholders.

A framework to assist in the analysis of risks and rewards of adopting BIM for SMEs in the UK (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s) Published by VGTU Press and Informa UK Limited, [trading as Taylor & Francis Group]. Building information modelling (BIM) adoption amongst larger construction firms and innovators seems to be on the increase. However, there is... Read More about A framework to assist in the analysis of risks and rewards of adopting BIM for SMEs in the UK.

Get smart (2017)
Journal Article

‘Smart’ contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it’s better to keep things simple

Intelligent contracts and the construction industry (2017)
Journal Article

Advances in technology have resulted in a fast changing landscape for construction contracts. Lawyers struggle to keep up with the pace of innovation and the need to provide legal solutions and accommodate new approaches. Building Information Modelli... Read More about Intelligent contracts and the construction industry.

Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment (2015)
Journal Article

Purpose -
The purpose of this paper is to demystify the meaning of the term “consequential loss” in relation to the practice of construction law. Parties may have different understandings of the term and typically an exclusion clause will not solely... Read More about Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment.

The new Construction Act: Views and perceptions of construction industry stakeholders (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose: Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 introduced major changes to the way in which construction contracts are administered. The payment and adjudication provisions, in particular, have been well received by th... Read More about The new Construction Act: Views and perceptions of construction industry stakeholders.

How might the adversarial imperative be effectively tempered in mediation? (2012)
Journal Article

Corruption of the commercial process revisited (2010)
Journal Article

This article is based on a report entitled “The Corruption of the Commercial Process” (“the Report ”) written over twenty years ago by John Huxtable, the then Chairman of the Confederation of Construction Specialists. The Report is a passionate call... Read More about Corruption of the commercial process revisited.

Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential for generating improved levels of ethical conduct within the construction industry through the introduction of a single industrywide professional code. Design/methodology/approach – Th... Read More about Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code.

The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK (2007)
Journal Article

The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering have to date received insufficient attention in the UK where the focus has been centred on the client-main contractor relationship. An investigation into the position of specialists br... Read More about The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK.

Contracting in good faith – giving the parties what they want (2007)
Journal Article

Examines the duty of good faith as an express obligation contained in the newer standard forms of construction contracts. Describes good faith provisions in other jurisdictions and the seeming hostility of the English judiciary. Discusses the benefit... Read More about Contracting in good faith – giving the parties what they want.

Power indicators in international construction law and key national differences
Journal Article

Construction law practice varies greatly between different jurisdictions and within the civil/common law traditions. A degree of commonality is discernible around the two dominant principles of freedom to contract and pacta sunt serva. Less uniformit... Read More about Power indicators in international construction law and key national differences.