[James Cutler]

Early legal engagement is a great step/initiative.

A reader of the report might get the sense that one of the consequences though is a focus more on risk than opportunity though the recognition that one real market need is for insights does provide some counter-weight to that impression.  An NDT as a technical construct is anticipated to enable sharing of data between different sets of stakeholders, perhaps all the way up to open by default generalised data sets for public visualisation/consultation.  All very well for CAD/GIS/BIM and technocrats. Not very handy for insurers, actuaries, lenders, investors, operators, FM or even current and prospective occupants.  This is where the insights and analytics and the opportunity of secondary markets might come in.

It wouldn’t be for the NDT or any of the contributors to develop or build such services but all these communities, with their varying needs and expectations, would find their needs well served by innovative service providers if the appropriate mechanisms, protections and governance could be found.

It would be a positive step to acknowledge and try to capture some aspect of this market facing response in your next steps.