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In construction contracting, a latent defect is defined as a defect which exists at the time of acceptance but cannot be discovered by a reasonable inspection. [2]In the 1864 US case of Dermott v Jones, the latent defect lay in the soil on which a property had been built, giving rise to problems which subsequently made the house "uninhabitable and dangerous".
Decennial liability insurance or "Inherent Defect Insurance" is insurance that is taken out (by the contractor or principal) to cover costs associated with the potential collapse of a building after completion. The name derives from the fact that it covers the 10 year period (decade) after completion of the project. [1]
Such a defect is latent when it is one which is not visible or discoverable upon an inspection of the res vendita." [ 3 ] The court held on the evidence that Holmdene's bricks did indeed contain a latent defect, and that the demolition of the walls was a natural and foreseeable consequence of this breach.
The impact of any latent fault tests, and The operational profile (environmental stress factors). Given a component database calibrated with field failure data that is reasonably accurate, [ 1 ] the method can predict device level failure rate per failure mode, useful life, automatic diagnostic effectiveness, and latent fault test effectiveness ...
The components may be under continuous test or simply tested at the end of the burn-in period. There is another use of the term by some audiophiles, who leave new audio equipment turned on for multiple days or weeks, to get the components to achieve optimal performance. However, many debates have arisen about the benefits of this practice. [1 ...
Building diagnostics is the process of determining the causes and solutions to problems in buildings. More specifically, building diagnostics are holistic process of data collection methods and techniques regarding inspection and analysis, and of prediction [1] of faults/abnormality/defects in the condition, internal environment and performance of a building or structure, extending to services ...
A product defect is any characteristic of a product which hinders its usability for the purpose for which it was designed and manufactured. Product defects arise most prominently in legal contexts regarding product safety , where the term is applied to "anything that renders the product not reasonably safe". [ 1 ]
Environmental stress screening (ESS) refers to the process of exposing a newly manufactured or repaired product or component (typically electronic) to stresses such as thermal cycling and vibration in order to force latent defects to manifest themselves by permanent or catastrophic failure during the screening process. The surviving population ...