There is no doubt that the last 18 months have been like a journey to hell. All aspects of the industry have been called into question. Professionals, trades, inspectors, PLC directors, developers and clients - their competence, professionalism, ethics and honesty are all on the rack. Dame Judith Hackitt in her report was excoriating about the failure of the professionals and how the gaming of the system led a drive to the bottom driven by greed, ignorance and indifference. The highly respected Neil Stansbury of the Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre pointed to Carillion as a "great example" of corruption and said that "blind eyes have been turned at the very least". The CIOB's most recent survey had 48% of respondents saying that corruption was common practice in the industry, yet very few prosecutions have been forthcoming.
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