Architects & Engineers

Most building projects of any size involve a number of different professionals with different, and often overlapping, areas of expertise.

The test of whether a professional involved in a building project has been negligent is whether they have acted with the degree of care and skill to be expected of a reasonably competent person in that profession.

Not every mistake is negligent.  Claims arising out of construction projects can include claims for:

• inadequate examination/investigation of the site
• design errors for example in the preparation of plans, drawings, specifications or the choice of materials
• errors in estimates of costs or quantities
• hiring inappropriate contractors
• failure to administer the contract or supervise the work properly

If there are a number of different professionals involved in a particular project you can often get into a situation of them blaming each other. That is why you need to instruct a specialist lawyer like those at Hart Brown who, with the benefit of appropriate expert advice, will be able to get to the bottom of where the fault really lies.

For further information on making a professional negligence claim against an architect, an engineer, a surveyor or any other professional individual in a construction project call, email or request a call back from one of our specialist lawyers.