“This Isn’t Florida”: The Board’s Fateful Words That Left Seniors Fainting and One Architect on the Hook

Send us Fan MailThis “classic” episode from our first season has been re-edited for the benefit of our newest listeners, as a way to keep these evergreen lessons alive, We hope you enjoy listening to this story as much as we do presenting it to youIn a charitable society’s new home for the aged, where a limited budget led to an inappropriate air conditioning system, residents faint from unbearable heat. Can an architect be liable for this failure when they followed the client’s verbal instructions, even though these instructions were poorly considered?Discover why verbal deals are a trap, how cutting corners burns you, and why the architectural professional’s standard of care trumps client whims.Connect with Pro-Demnity:Leave a Review     Follow us on LinkedInAccess our Risk Education LibrarySpeak with a Risk Services Expert if you’re an Ontario architect seeking guidance for a risk management issue.Thank you for listening.