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Despite improvements in the construction industry's health and safety record, covers remain costly. Peter Sharp takes stock

The construction industry's appalling accident record has seen it subjected to some fairly rigorous health and safety legislation over the past 10 years. These changes have been applied to all areas of the industry - not just the contractors that carry out the physical works on site, but all the professional consultants involved in the planning, design and specification of a building project. Simultaneously, professional indemnity insurance rates have gone through the roof, and those

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