Constructing a Consumer-Focused Industry: Cracks, Cladding and Crisis in the Residential Construction Sector

ISBN-13: 9781032007311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 170 str.

David Oswald; Trivess Moore

Opis

Through evidence-based research and international case studies, this book focuses on the effects that dangerous defects have on the housing consumer.

Recenzje

"The implications of this book are profound. The authors argue for strengthening consumer protection. From my perspective, dangerous defects arise from poor regulation or poor exercise of regulated powers on industry practices, design and materials. This rich and challenging research by Oswald and Moore demonstrates the need to build well and the wider consequences of not doing so. The book deserves to be read and discussed widely within industry, government, and civil society. It can help to initiate change by understanding the social and economic costs to society of dangerous defects. The nature of these changes implies a radical rethink is needed: clarity on oversight and monitoring, responsibilities, regulation, enforcement, and recourse/resolution when things go wrong." Kay Saville-Smith (CRESA, Aotearoa NZ) in Buildings & Cities Journal

Spis treści

1. Cracks, cladding and crisis in the residential sector, 2. Building defects: considering the human cost, 3. Homeowner vulnerability: dangerous defects, 4. The real cost? Well-being implications for the consumer, 5. Corporate social responsibility for the consumer, 6. Dealing with dangerous defects in multiple occupancy developments, 7. Navigating landlord-tenant conflicts, 8. Government support during times of crisis, 9. Designing and building better for the housing consumer, 10. Conclusions