Many buildings appear flawless at handover. Finishes are clean, services appear functional, and all approvals are in place. Yet, once occupants move in and daily use begins, defects start to ...

Seattle—A Seattle apartment building in danger of structural failure will be dismantled as soon as all the residents move out. The 25-story McGuire Apartments, located at Second Avenue and Wall Street ...

FELICITY, Ohio (WKRC) – Two residents of a nearly 200-year-old Felicity apartment building said they’ve evacuated over fears part of the building could collapse. A Clermont County spokesman confirmed ...

Dear James: We moved into our new house six months ago. We still have a long list of items that need to be fixed, but the contractor never gets around to them. Is seeking the services of a lawyer a ...

Owners of construction projects are routinely under a great deal of pressure: There are large budgets to manage, tight timelines to oversee, regulatory hurdles to clear and many parties reliant on ...

After a three-story facade of bricks toppled without warning at the Marbach Park Apartments in September, city inspectors spent weeks checking the complex and found dangerous walls and defects at ...

A lack of contractual liability or statute limitation when it comes to any hidden defects, failures or defective materials and consequential damages to apartment owners, which may arise after the ...

A shoddy construction project in Melbourne’s southeast with up to 500 defects has been lashed as “one of the worst cases of ...

The concerning number of new buildings with defects in Sydney is a result of the privatisation of the building certification process, developer greed and the neoliberal approach to planning in New ...