Undercurrent
Get the best advice, not the quickest advice. Avoid embracing hasty solutions to complex problems, even when there is enormous pressure to solve them as quickly as possible.
Sham Chateau
Agreeing to build a high-quality neoclassical masterpiece in the Ontario hinterlands, without the appropriately extravagant budget required, can only result in a deteriorating client relationship, and a dilapidated building.
Cutting Corners
Attempting to create a high-end look with subpar materials is likely to result in significant structural issues, costly repairs, and potential legal troubles.
City of Sudbury Supplementary Conditions to OAA Document 600-2013
Supplementary conditions by procurement offices of municipalities often include clauses that are not insurable.
The Retirement Home
Interpersonal conflicts can lead to litigation. In this this claim story, a project for a retirement home spirals into legal chaos.
Lowest Bidder Loses
Bid mishandling is a serious allegation. Learn how to preserve the integrity of the system and avoid this accusation.
The Level Made Me Do It.
How reliable is a survey? When a fire hydrant used as a survey benchmark is replaced by a new fixture, and a site is over-excavated as a result, who is responsible, and how does a seemingly minor 20 cm error in site levels lead to a massive $1.2 million lawsuit?
Out of Site. Out of Control.
A retrofit presents special difficulties. In this case, a bid document requiring x-ray vision was unreasonable and unenforceable; a stipulated sum contract proved to be the wrong vehicle for unknowable site conditions; and a failure of mechanical and electrical co-ordination created costly delay and chaos.
The Claims-Free Architect Podcast
For every architect who aspires to be claims-free in practice, this podcast is for you.
Pro-Demnity is reviewing the Final Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Pro-Demnity is planning to offer comprehensive, useful and relevant insights for Ontario architects, stemming from the Inquiry’s findings.