Summary |
The construction industry is currently bedeviled by a savage trinity of forces which are essentially misunderstandings; clients of the industry misunderstand its ability to deliver problem-free products; society as a whole misunderstands the role of insurance; legal tribunals misunderstand the special nature of the construction milieu. In the increasingly litigious consumer-led environment which has been evolving over the last two decades these three misunderstandings are diminishing the professional, commercial and physical resources available to pursue the construction process.
This book makes a significant contribution towards enlightening us on the nature of the misunderstandings. Those of us in the industry, and amongst its clients, who are neither lawyers nor insurance professionals must welcome a treatise on construction insurance by a practicing engineer who not only works in the construction trinity as a structural designer of high caliber but also has a long experience in, and a deep understanding of, the insurance world.
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