Cornes and Lupton's Design Liability in the Construction Industry
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Beschreibung
Liability for the design of a building or structure is offundamental concern to construction professionals, design-buildcontractors, specialist sub-contractors, and lawyers. Althoughother texts cover a wide range of aspects of liability, onlyCornes and Lupton's Design Liability in Constructiondraws together all those matters that relate specifically todesign.
A number of factors have come together recently and areaddressed in this significant update and rewrite of the 4thedition, including:
* popularity of design & build procurement
* partnering arrangements and early contractor involvement
* new standard forms of construction contract and appointment,and revisions to older forms
* technical innovations in construction
* collaborative working and BIM systems
* many well-publicised cases regarding design failures
* significant developments in the law of tort and professionalliability
* the development of the single European market and increasedprovision of services overseas
Together these factors create a new range of design liabilityissues which the construction professional has to face. Written forlawyers, architects, engineers, and contractors, the fifth editionof Design Liability in Construction will also serve as auseful text for masters level courses in engineering, surveying andconstruction law.
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Sarah Lupton
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