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ks!insurance_jon said:
please tell me you measured mine right?
we don't do your pi do we?
Yours is right....we don't do your pi do we?
This was a site with various bits in Ireland.... The person on-site neglected to mention two of the various parts hidden out of sight.
I've got systems in place to catch this. But this client does not like the systems so sends emails instead...
It's a bit of a buggeration. The client is going to use the systems in future.
just been on site and witnessed an epic balls up. our client is in a recently built terrace of new build offices. another tennant who occupies neighbouring units has taken the unit between our client their offices. they have had jobbing builders in to put a connecting door in on the ground floor.
Turns out builder didnt realise it was a suporting wall with beams that tie in the rear walls. about an hour after he has made a door sized hole the whole rear elevation from ground to roof has fallen away, and the 1st floor offices are now ground floor. this is for both offices
luckily no one but the builders were in either building, and the builders were outside having a tea break.
Turns out builder didnt realise it was a suporting wall with beams that tie in the rear walls. about an hour after he has made a door sized hole the whole rear elevation from ground to roof has fallen away, and the 1st floor offices are now ground floor. this is for both offices
luckily no one but the builders were in either building, and the builders were outside having a tea break.
Somebody stepping on the outflow pipe of a humongous water tank in the roof space of one of our offices. Not sure how many gallons of water cascaded through the ceiling and down the partition walls. The following day builders carried out some initial exploratory work set off the fire alarms calling out the fire brigade. There were 3 false call outs on 3 days.
Then the builders found asbestos in the tiles they were stripping out.
Our insurance premium for that year was just over £50k. The total cost of that claim was....just over £50k
Then the builders found asbestos in the tiles they were stripping out.
Our insurance premium for that year was just over £50k. The total cost of that claim was....just over £50k
Not our Care Home but a relatively local home had a 15 room extension
Architect designed the plans and gained consent for the new extension
Builders came along and build it all, furnished, equiped as per plans.
Day of inspection by the regulatory body.... All the rooms bar one or two were too small
The architect had allowed for the required square footage in the overall extension but amazingly failed to allow for head heights and also the fact that internal walls, plasterboard etc all reduce internal sizes
Needless to say massive claim for complete ripping apart of the work done, loss of revenue etc.
Architect designed the plans and gained consent for the new extension
Builders came along and build it all, furnished, equiped as per plans.
Day of inspection by the regulatory body.... All the rooms bar one or two were too small
The architect had allowed for the required square footage in the overall extension but amazingly failed to allow for head heights and also the fact that internal walls, plasterboard etc all reduce internal sizes
Needless to say massive claim for complete ripping apart of the work done, loss of revenue etc.
Used to work with a guy who became a renowned Captain Faux Pas. In the office, if the receptionist phone rang more than five times, all the phones would ring and we'd all be expected to pick up. On this particular occasion, the Captain picked up, and answered perfectly with company name, how can I help you etc. Text book it was. He then cupped his hand over the mouthpiece and shouted across the office to a colleague "Bob, it's Steve Jones*, do you want to speak to him, or shall I tell him to f#@k off?". This was followed by "oh, you heard that". Much grovelling to the Client was required thereafter, not sure of the financial damage/lost business.
I won't tell you the one he managed with the temp secretary.
- real identities have been protected.
i've surveyed the wrong site before now, just blamed the topo surveyors for positioning everything in the wrong place or stuff being removed as the survey wasn't current
when i worked in insurance as risk surveyor i surveyed the wrong building in the wrong town. should have been in cheadle staffordshire and not cheadle greater manchester, same address i.e high street, same risk profile just wasn't an iceland supermarket
when i worked in insurance as risk surveyor i surveyed the wrong building in the wrong town. should have been in cheadle staffordshire and not cheadle greater manchester, same address i.e high street, same risk profile just wasn't an iceland supermarket
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