An issue increasingly dividing the ...

An issue increasingly dividing the construction industry is the rouse by its various elements to shift responsibility to others forward the construction team.

This mental action is seen in attempts on owners to draft contract clauses seeking to impose liability forward designers and contractors for question s not created by them; in the use of contract provisions imposed by the agency of contractors on subcontractors; and in the efforts of the design professions to limit or avoid responsibility for failures arising from their plans and specifications or from the designers' part during the construction phase.