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Automation give RICS professionals time to focus on the important things

13 December 2021

What do we mean by the term contract automation work and how does to work? What are the main barriers to adopting these and other types of technologies more broadly? How can document automation help RICS' members? What are the easiest wins for the use of contract automation in the real estate world? How can document automation help with the move from documents to data across the real estate sector?

Giles Thompson and David Howorth speak with Andrew Knight as they discuss how document automation can deliver productivity gains and other benefits across law and real estate.

More information regarding Avvoka Analytics and the Tech Partner Programme can be found at www.avvoka.com and www.rics.org/techpartner.

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