Design Liability: Claims and Recovery
Source: https://www.irmi.com/, July 21, 2023
By: American Global
This article is the second installment in our series about design liability on design-build (DB) projects. 1 After going over the procurement phase, we will now dig deeper into the types of claims that have arisen between contractors and their designers and the circumstances behind them. 2
While they are on the same team, the risk allocation, the limited time and resources that can be reasonably dedicated to the procurement process, the competitive tension, and the resulting financial pressure of DB delivery often result in cost overruns due to a mix of missed items, errors, and decisions that were made at bid time. All of these can create friction between contractors and designers. Read more.
