What about the contract when air tightness fails?

By Michael Jaggs, MSc, BScHons, ACIOB Michael Jaggs Michael Jaggs heads up BRE's team of airtightness experts. Prior to this he worked on a wide range of construction research projects including major international studies. 2003-01-06T16:05:00

What contractual behaviour is anticipated in a JCT-98 traditional situation, when a building fails its air tightness test, and there is no obvious answer to the 'why do these details leak?' question? If sections of the building have to be opened up to investigate the leaks, who will be paying? ...

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