Associates engineers, failed to inspect and monitor the work as it was being carried out, said Mr Trainor. The court heard the cost of the repairs amounts to €11.5 million. However, Western Building Systems claims these works could have cost as little as €1.2 millon.
A number of third-party subcontractors and other companies brought into the action on the basis of seeking a contribution or indemnity against them are no longer in the case and those matters have been settled, the court heard. When the external wall of a school in Edinburgh built under the rapid build scheme collapsed due to inadequate ties to an internal wall, it led to inspections in Irish schools where a number of defects, including fire safety defects, were discovered.
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'Extraordinary feature of Western Building Systems’ defence was it denied there was implied term that schools wld be structurally safe. The idea that company would take on building 42 schools and not think it was responsible for making them structurally safe was “staggering”.