Collapse — Defective Materials or Methods

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A basement wall collapsed as a subcontractor, hired by my general contractor client, was back-filling. The cause of loss was the use of an improper method of back-filling (the subcontractor pushed the dirt against the wall with a bulldozer rather than dropping the dirt in with a backhoe).

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