Description: This guide looks at the background to e-business, giving practical guidance on how to develop an e-business strategy and how to begin using e-business. This is then followed by three sections providing more specific details on the main areas of e-business within the construction industry. These are:

project information exchange, electronic issue and receipts of drawings, specifications, contract instructions and other project information
e-trading, electronic buying and selling of goods and services
e-tendering and electronic preparation, exchange and receipt of tender documents

For each of these areas the legal aspects of e-business are considered.