Causes of Catastrophic Failure in Construction – A Guide for Lawyers and the Layperson

Event Date

From Tuesday 19 Feb 2019 - 05:30 PM To Tuesday 19 Feb 2019 - 07:15 PM

Venue

Room 801, Level 8 NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989

Organiser

Society of Construction Law (Singapore)

Practice Area

Building & Construction

Training Level

General

Public CPD Points

Event Outline

Central to preventing catastrophic failures in the construction sector is a knowledge of their underlying causes. But because construction is a technical profession, there can be a temptation to blame these failures on purely technical causes. But is this the case? Or do human beings play a bigger role? This presentation examines the interaction between technical and human factors in failure causation, and concludes that while failures stem from technical issues, ....

Event Link

SCL-34G-190021

Event Attachment

SCL-190021_EventBrochure.pdf