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The BC Court of Appeal dismissed a consultant’s attempt to use a construction contract waiver to defeat Fraser Health’s negligence claim. The waiver protected firms engaged directly by the design builder, not the lower tier consultant who relied on it.
The Supreme Court allowed coverage for replacing windows scratched during cleaning under this builders' risk policy. The faulty workmanship exclusion applied to the cost of redoing the cleaning, not to replacement of the damaged windows.
Course of construction insurance, also called builder's risk, covers a building and its materials while work is underway, and lenders usually insist on it even though the law rarely does.
Builder’s risk covers property during construction or major renovation and may be needed when ordinary property coverage is inadequate.
Course of construction insurance protects insured project property while building or major renovation work is underway.
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