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Differing Site Conditions - Whose Risk Is It?

Differing Site Conditions, also known as “changed site conditions” are a vital clause relating to building laws. This clause decides how much liability accrues to the builder or the owner of the land in situations in which soil and other underground conditions, which were different from what was expected, present themselves during a building construction activity. Differing Site Conditions, or DSC, concerns only the physical conditions such as soil, rock, concrete or other physical conditions and excludes the intangible factors such as costs, labor, expertise and such others. It is very important for the parties concerned to be clear about this law, because the law prescribes who bears the costs of such discovery, and to what extent it has to be enforced. Lack of knowledge of the contract law could lead to litigation and dispute between them, leading to waste of resources. A webinar from Traininng.com, a leading provider of professional training for the areas of regulatory comp...