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Why Proper Site Visits Could Save Your Career

Why Proper Site Visits Could Save Your Career

Update: 2025-09-08

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In a lavish mansion project where a tycoon client calls the shots and takes a cavalier approach to site supervision, a fire reduces everything to ashes except for a lone fireplace. Can an architect be held liable for this blaze when they weren’t tasked with supervising construction?

You’ll discover how a single site visit can burn you, why contracts with a clear scope of work are your shield, and how unnoticed fireplace flaws can create legal nightmares.

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Why Proper Site Visits Could Save Your Career

Why Proper Site Visits Could Save Your Career

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