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 ...

Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) -- Hoping to make a difference, the brother of a Surfside condo collapse victim testified in Tallahassee on Tuesday against a bill that would lower the amount of time to file a ...

And experts say the nightmare facing residents of Mascot Towers won’t be the last. The building was evacuated last Friday night due to serious concerns regarding cracks in the primary support ...

Buying an apartment is the biggest financial commitment many of us will ever make. Unfortunately, our new research shows that defects in apartment buildings are commonplace: just over half of Sydney’s ...

Contractors working on demolishing an empty building which partially collapsed in Manchester city centre last week have determined it was caused by a structural problem. Demolition contractor PP ...

The team is led by Nick Stojanovski, the leading Registered Building Practitioner, who brings over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He and the team at Inscope specialise in ...

A main city centre road in Birmingham remains shut because a section of a building's frontage presents a danger to road users, the council has said. Suffolk Street slip road from Navigation Street ...