Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria

Defect liability period is the period contractor is liable to make good of the defects but how reasonable is the defects liability period to allow defects (patent and latent) to manifest? This thesis examines the occurrence of defects during and after the defect liability period and the contractual...

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Main Author: Oluwole, Alejo Ayodele
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/32802/1/AlejoAyodeleOluwoleMFAB2012.pdf
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description Defect liability period is the period contractor is liable to make good of the defects but how reasonable is the defects liability period to allow defects (patent and latent) to manifest? This thesis examines the occurrence of defects during and after the defect liability period and the contractual terms of defects between Malaysia and Nigeria. Federal university of technology, Akure, Nigeria and Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia (Skudai campus) were chosen as case study areas. Findings from the study revealed that 12months defects liability period practice in Malaysia is reasonable enough to allow defects to manifest within the period. whereas in Nigeria most of the defects manifestation often occur after the 6 months defect liability period which really poses a major threat on employers and amount to economic loss. The study suggests extension of defects liability in Nigeria to 12 months as is done in Malaysia so as to allow the employer to have value for money invested.
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spelling utm.eprints-328022018-04-27T01:23:31Z http://eprints.utm.my/32802/ Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria Oluwole, Alejo Ayodele TH Building construction Defect liability period is the period contractor is liable to make good of the defects but how reasonable is the defects liability period to allow defects (patent and latent) to manifest? This thesis examines the occurrence of defects during and after the defect liability period and the contractual terms of defects between Malaysia and Nigeria. Federal university of technology, Akure, Nigeria and Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia (Skudai campus) were chosen as case study areas. Findings from the study revealed that 12months defects liability period practice in Malaysia is reasonable enough to allow defects to manifest within the period. whereas in Nigeria most of the defects manifestation often occur after the 6 months defect liability period which really poses a major threat on employers and amount to economic loss. The study suggests extension of defects liability in Nigeria to 12 months as is done in Malaysia so as to allow the employer to have value for money invested. 2012-08 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/32802/1/AlejoAyodeleOluwoleMFAB2012.pdf Oluwole, Alejo Ayodele (2012) Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Buit Environment. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:69074?site_name=Restricted Repository
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Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title_full Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title_fullStr Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title_short Comparative study of defect liability period practices between Malaysia and Nigeria
title_sort comparative study of defect liability period practices between malaysia and nigeria
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