If you own an apartment – or are thinking of buying one – the recent news about building quality has been worrying. There have been evacuations at the Opal and Mascot apartment towers in Sydney, ...

Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English courts until now, post-Grenfell, with the advent of building-safety defect claims. This article, first published in Construction News, takes ...

Hidden construction defects can allow water into a basement even when the walls appear solid from the outside. Small gaps, poor drainage details, and weak joints often stay unnoticed until heavy rain ...