Poor response sinks contractor project defects ranking plan

Ambitious plans to score contractors on project defects in an attempt to phase out the use of cash retentions have hit the buffers.
Researchers with the backing of the Construction Leadership Council had hoped to create a new industry quality score for firms as a viable alternative to the withholding of cash retentions as a form of insurance against defects.
The plan was to follow a similar data recording approach to that used to change behaviours for health and safety and payment practices.The