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The Structural Engineer, Volume 68, Issue 10, 1990

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One recent event, which (unfortunately) has received scant publicity, is the publication by the DTI of the report of the study teams on professional liability. The DTI called the report the ‘Likierman Report’, because Professor Andrew Likierman was Chairman of the steering group. There were three separate study teams, one for construction professionals apart from surveyors, one for auditors, and one for surveyors.

J.J. Ward

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