Poor workmanship and value engineering are the biggest risks to buildings, says UK survey
A survey of construction industry professionals in the UK has found that uncontrolled value engineering and poor workmanship present the biggest risks to the built environment. The study was commissioned by the British Board of Agrément (BBA), a major UK body for issuing certificates for construction products. The survey results are contained within a new report by the BBA which focuses on risks to high-rise residential buildings; which generated over 10,000 viewpoint responses between March and June 2021. As part of the report, respondents were asked what factors they believed were “the five most likely to cause an emerging or actual disaster in the next few years.” 79% of respondents ranked “poor construction / installation quality” in their top five risks for building safety, while 74% identified “uncontrolled value engineering.” Aspects relating to fire safety ranked a distant third and fourth, with “breaches in fire compartmentation” included by 53% of respondents, and fires fr...
A survey of construction industry professionals in the UK has found that uncontrolled value engineering and poor workmanship present the biggest risks to the built environment. The study was commissioned by the British Board of Agrément (BBA), a major UK body for issuing certificates for construction products.
The survey results are contained within a new report by the BBA which focuses on risks to high-rise residential buildings; which generated over 10,000 viewpoint responses between March and June 2021.
As part of the report, respondents were asked what factors they believed were “the five most likely to cause an emerging or actual disaster in the next few years.” 79% of respondents ranked “poor construction / installation quality” in their top five risks for building safety, while 74% identified “uncontrolled value engineering.” Aspects relating to fire safety ranked a distant third and fourth, with “breaches in fire compartmentation” included by 53% of respondents, and fires fr...
