Contractors say new building defect rules bad for their business

A building under construction in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Construction managers say the newly introduced regulations apportioning blame to them for defects in completed projects should be scrapped for lack of public participation.

The Institute of Construction Project Managers in Kenya chairman Tom Oketch said the newly gazetted National Construction Authority (Defects Liability) Regulations 2020 undermined the role of architects as supervisors during the implementation of projects and was bad for business.

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