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BIM liabilities

Our legal system resolves practice and contract issues on a case-by-case basis - through litigation, setting precedents. What currently accepted version of legal concepts does reliance on BIM as a project deliverable call into question? (Choose two)
A. Severability
B. Privity
C. Repose
D. Agency
E. Standard of Care
AnswerB. Privity (shields architects from third party claims) and E. Standard of Care (perform services consistent with that level of skill and care ordinarily provided by architects practicing under the same or similar circumstances).

For further reading, see the AIA Best Practices article on this subject: Liability and BIM

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