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Defects in construction projects—overview
Defects often trigger contentious issues on building projects, spawning debates and disagreements over whether an item is truly a defect, a contractor’s obligation (or entitlement) to put defects right, latent (hidden) defects, the duty to flag problems in others’ work, and the suitable and proportionate remedy for defective work.
There is no single, universal meaning of ‘defect’ but, broadly speaking and for general purposes, it is work that fails to satisfy a specification or standard mandated by the contract because of fault(s) in workmanship, materials or design, or owing to shortcomings in the quality of the work delivered. For fuller guidance on what amounts to a defect, the ways defects may arise, rights and remedies in respect of defects, and pertinent case law, refer directly to the Practice Note: Defects claims in construction-What is a defect? for detail.
Construction law distinguishes between patent and latent defects-the former being a defect that is detectable during the works or within a specified period after practical completion known, typically, as the defects liability period. Note that a defect need not actually have been seen/detected to be patent; it is enough that the defect was ‘observable’. Therefore, where a defect is capable of being...
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