Fitness for purpose in construction
Thanks Sarah for a brilliant article once again. There is indeed a grey area, especially for Contractors, between "reasonable skill" and "fit for purpose". From my experience, most Contractors do not even bother to find out what is in their contract, until something happens and they find themselves liable.... Most of the time nothing happens, but in this industry blighted by "too little trust and too little profit", a thorough understanding of what each clause in the contract means is the most effective risk minimisation strategy.
Let us all keep alive the campaign for simple, short contracts with the ultimate goal to go digital.
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