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- Title
Preparing expert witness documents to support earthquake affected insurance policy holders in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Authors
Chawynski, Gregory
- Abstract
The Canterbury earthquake series resulted in an unprecedented claim for damages from both home owners and commercial property owners. This has led to a high number of court cases and created a specialised industry within the expert witness profession. The quality of these experts is drawn from all levels within the building industry. These range from builders, construction experts such as project and construction managers, ground penetrating radar practitioners, architects, designers and owners to engineers, including civil, structural and geotechnical, to name but a few. This paper outlines what type of information is reviewed and how this information has been typically documented for the court when reviewing an insured policy holder's entitlement to either repair or rebuild their building. Expert witnesses are required when settling such claims, as both sides will have a different opinion.
- Subjects
CANTERBURY (N.Z.); EARTHQUAKE insurance; CONSTRUCTION industry; WITNESS preparation; ENGINEERING geologists; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4, p362
- ISSN
2046-9594
- Publication type
Article