Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Roof Slates Melting in the Sun

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A manufacturer produced an imitation Welsh roofing slate using slate particles bonded together with resin.   The manufacturer had the pr...

An Adjudicator Takes Advice Which He Does Not Follow

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An adjudicator telephoned an expert to ask about the correct method of constructing a sand-and-cement floor screed.   The case the adjud...

An Arbitrator Takes Advice

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Ordinarily a tribunal – whether judicial, arbitral or adjudicatory – may obtain technical advice at need through the appointment of expert...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

Defects often arise because the designer focuses on the finished product to the exclusion how it is made

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It is fundamental to good building practice that the design takes into account the process of construction.   Concrete, for example, is unli...
Friday, 15 July 2011

Trying the Expert

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As many practitioners know, disputes rarely go the distance limiting opportunities for expert witnesses to speak before a tribunal. For ov...
Thursday, 14 July 2011

Piling into brown fields

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the drainage connected to the buildings stays in place as the ground settles exposing once flush gulleys Building and ground part compa...

Defect free building is as much a matter of understanding client goals as it is of achieving competent detailing and construction

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The Brief A successful project starts in good co-ordination and the development of an effective brief.   Briefs evolve with