Cases - Florida Hotels v Mayo

Record details

Name

Florida Hotels v Mayo

Date

(1965)

Citation

113 CLR 588

Keywords

Contract administration

Summary

The architect's duty to supervise was not discharged by relying (on the basis of past satisfactory performance) on the workmen whose work they were employed to supervise. He was obliged to make reasonable arrangements to remain informed as to the general progress of the work and to be notified as to key elements of that work. Thus, where the work included the pouring of concrete over formwork and reinforcement (which later failed), arrangements should have been made that that work would not be covered up until the architect had inspected it (or had adequate opportunity for its inspection).