Source: https://www.irmi.com/
By: American Global

Design liability will remain an important topic in the construction industry for the foreseeable future, particularly with respect to design-build projects. Our first article in this design liability series, “Design Liability: The Procurement Phase,” discussed the relationship between the contractor and the designer on design-build projects and the importance of addressing and agreeing on all key design subcontract issues prior to bidding a project. The second article, “Design Liability: Claims and Recovery,” examined in detail claims history on certain design-build projects over the last decade—the types of claims brought by contractors against their designers and the outcome of those claims when such information was available. The focus of this third article is the impact that the design-build projects’ risk allocations and claims history have had on the professional liability insurance market. ¹  Read more.