The authors are to be congratulated on their paper, the contents of which will be most valuable to the profession. I was particularly interested in the statements in paragraph 7 concerning the origins of failure. They compare interestingly with those quoted in Dr Alistair Paterson's paper given at his presidential address (see Reference 1 and Fig. 27).
Causes of defects in buildings are gathered in France consisting of 10 000 defects that occured during 1968–1978: (a) causes of defects in terms of cost of repair; (b) causes of defects in terms of frequency of occurrence; (c) causes of design faults in terms of cost; (d) causes of design faults in terms of frequency of occurrence; (e) building defects in the first ten years. (This figure is reproduced from Construction Disputes, P. Campbell (ed.), courtesy of Whittles Publishing)
Causes of defects in buildings are gathered in France consisting of 10 000 defects that occured during 1968–1978: (a) causes of defects in terms of cost of repair; (b) causes of defects in terms of frequency of occurrence; (c) causes of design faults in terms of cost; (d) causes of design faults in terms of frequency of occurrence; (e) building defects in the first ten years. (This figure is reproduced from Construction Disputes, P. Campbell (ed.), courtesy of Whittles Publishing)
