Defects definitions and methodologies

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The terms 'building defects' and 'building failures' are not interchangeable, though they can be confused. There are various definitions of defect and failure, but the most useful definition of a defect is given in BRE Digest 268 as being a shortfall in performance occurring at any time in the life of...

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