eLEGAL


	The main deliverables of eLEGAL are:
		•User requirements for legal support in construction projects
		•Library of re-usable clauses and model contracts
		•Contract configuration and negotiation tools
		•Simulated contract negotiation game
		•Recommendations to standardisation
	The project has defined industrial requirements for ICT based legal support and the legal basis for contracts on ICT. This will accommodate variations for the different participating countries, including contractual arrangements, procurement models and ICT support needs of European industry. These variations will be reflected in the electronic library of clauses that will be built. The dependencies between these clauses and between clauses and ICT solutions is being established.
	This will form the knowledge base of the ‘contract configuration tools’ – software that will be developed in order to produce model contracts. Additionally, these contracts can be easily negotiated by using a “virtual negotiation room” on the Internet in which different parties of the virtual enterprise of a construction project who want to form a contract are automatically guided while being linked together via the Internet.
	Hence, the main result of eLEGAL will be contract negotiation tools, sold or accessible at a low price level, to improve project business relationships within virtual enterprises in construction projects and which will lead to more trust and reduced number of disputes.