Definition : Legal guarantees (construction)

Guarantee against defects affecting construction work, for which the contractor, the subcontractor, the architect, the engineer and the professional technologist may be held responsible. Its purpose is to ensure the repair of certain issues that may arise after the completion of construction. There are several types of guarantees, including those for poor workmanship, as well as for latent defects, faulty design, construction defects, defects in the execution of the work, and defect in the ground. The law allows a syndicate of co-owners to initiate legal proceeding on its own, under certain conditions, based on a latent defect, a design defect, a construction defect in the building, or a soil defect.