Subsidence pledges

Subsidence pledges - 1994 - Times 20 April 1994, 26(1) .

Guarantees and warranties issued by firms of contractors for underpinning homes suffering subsidence are worth little more than the paper they are written on, according to a report from the Institute of Structural Engineers, because building firms so frequently go out of business.


CERTIFICATE OF STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY
INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS