{"id":38556,"date":"2023-12-15T17:35:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38556"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:35:04","slug":"ihbcs-intervention-signpost-the-top-causes-of-uk-disputes-incorrect-design-and-poor-workmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38556","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Intervention\u2019 Signpost: The top causes of UK disputes? Incorrect design and poor workmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20718\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UK_Gov_construction_Image_061118-300x195.png\" alt=\"person\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>While research reveals design errors are a top issue globally, the UK is unusually prone to poor workmanship disputes \u2013 but has fewer claims related to project management.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence V3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Building News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>New analysis of major capital projects in the UK by risk mitigation and dispute resolution consultancy HKA reveals trends that point to both opportunities and challenges for the construction sector\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/legal\/the-top-causes-of-uk-disputes-incorrect-design-and-poor-workmanship\/5126652.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>HKA writes:<\/p>\n<p>Deficiencies in design and workmanship loomed larger in Europe and the Americas. Incorrect design topped the European ranking, disrupting close to one in three projects (32.3%), and ranked second in the Americas, where more than one in five projects were affected (20.4%).<\/p>\n<p>Defective work was most common on Europe\u2019s buildings, especially residential schemes (38.3%). Within North America, design failures overall were more prevalent in Canada (41.8%); yet cost and schedule overruns tended to be higher south of the border\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hka.com\/crux-insight-sixth-annual-report-forewarned-is-forearmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While research reveals design errors are a top issue globally, the UK is unusually prone to poor workmanship disputes \u2013 but has fewer claims related to project management. image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence V3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38557,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556\/revisions\/38557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}