Water escape - That sinking feeling
Poor workmanship and defective equipment are often cited as causes of water escape on construction sites, but many believe the root cause is the lack of an agreed code of practice. Water damage is avoidable but, unlike fire hazards, which can be tackled by adopting clearer safety measures, creating practice standards for contractors is far more challenging, as Ana Paula Nacif discovers
Insurers are digging deeper to pay for increasingly large water damage claims. And although there has been talk of a code of practice to reverse this trend, nothing formal has yet been proposed.
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