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The contractor had been provided with only an outline concept drawing showing pipework
and equipment in diagrammatic fashion and an outline specification which required the
contractortocompletethewholeofthedesign.Insteadofinformingthearchitectthatithad
no design responsibility under the contract, the contractor proceeded to design the whole
system, including all pipe runs, and specified equipment where not otherwise stated. The
system was defective, and the cost of rectification was claimed from the contractor.
