Injunction granted enabling client to access design data in BIM model (Trant Engineering v Mott MacDonald)

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• Original news
• What are the practical implications of this case?
• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

Construction analysis: The court granted an interim injunction requiring a consultant to reinstate its client’s access to design data held in a BIM model to which the consultant controlled access. The consultant had changed passwords to deny the client access to the BIM environment amid a dispute over payment and whether there was a contract between them.