Laing O’Rourke in £14m legal battle with Manchester university over ‘defective’ building

By Daniel Gayne2022-11-08T07:00:00

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Architect John McAslan and engineer Gifford also dragged into dispute

Laing O’Rourke and architect John McAslan + Partners are being sued over claims that defective brickwork on a teaching building has cost the University of Manchester more than £13m.

The case has been rumbling on since 2018 and court papers released last week give the first detailed look at the dispute which centres on work completed 14 years ago.

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