How about the government suing the builders???

So now less than twenty years after 'we' paid an enormous sum to build this ugly monstrosity, we're being asked to stump up another £100million to repair the roof (again).

Shouldn't the government call the builders back to carry out all essential repairs at no cost because the building should be 'under guarantee' for X number of years???

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a6900326.html

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I agree UJ they really need to try to get them to pay for this.

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Why is it the builders fault?
Why sue the builders?

It seems you're barking up the wrong tree, UJ.

£100m for a roof? More unrealistic guesstimates.

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Hi

Builders build things, generally speaking, in accordance with the plans.

The issue lies either with the Architects who did not calculate the tolerances properly or the Clerk of Works who supervised the actual construction.

Having said that, given the amount of hot air produced by a building full of Politicians, the problem could have been foreseen.

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Cheers SF, I was hoping UJ would come back with an answer

Unfortunately you are spot on.

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Give the man time he has to scour the internet first to find something to link builders with the scumbag party (take your pick)

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I vote conservative, there's his link

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When our windows failed in less than 5 years it wasn't the architects who had to put it right it was the builders. Why would this be different ?

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What's the betting that the builders were Taylor-Woodrow - a benefactor to the scumbag 'nasty party'.

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Depends.. if it was a new build then down to the Architects.