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</div>{"id":5502,"date":"2022-02-03T02:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hicactus.com\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2022-02-03T02:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:07:35","slug":"what-happens-if-you-dont-have-contract-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hicactus.com\/ch\/what-happens-if-you-dont-have-contract-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What can happen if you don\u2019t have Contract Works sorted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;container&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From minor renovations to a new build, Contract Works insurance needs to be in place to avoid any nasty surprises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contract Works insurance is designed to cover accidental and sudden physical loss or damage to the property that is insured during the construction period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot that can go wrong during a build, so it\u2019s important that you\u2019ve got everything sorted before you start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some examples of just what can go wrong:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Someone could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/vandals-destroy-brand-new-house-with-digger-one-month-before-owners-move-in\/JGA67OY4PPTKRBYYFROYSNSCXM\/\">hijack a digger and drive through the build<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, this really happened. The team arrived on the building site the next morning to find that vandals had commandeered a 20-tonne digger and smashed the bucket right through the roof and walls of the build. With the rebuild costs coming in at over $1 million, that\u2019s definitely something you want to be covered for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A freak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/07\/01\/tornado-hit-business-at-the-mercy-of-trades-shortage\/\">tornado could rip through the site\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a pretty bad stroke of luck, a tornado tore through a company\u2019s new site, ripping off the roof and cutting off the power supply. 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