Professional Liability (E&O)
Protection for your professional judgment
Foundation contractors do more than install — you diagnose problems and recommend solutions. That professional judgment creates a distinct kind of risk that general liability does not cover: the risk that your recommendation is alleged to have failed.
Professional liability, also called errors and omissions (E&O), fills this gap. As clients increasingly require E&O on contracts — especially commercial work — this coverage has moved from optional to essential.
What this coverage includes
Faulty Design Recommendations
Responds when your recommended pier system, depth, or stabilization method is alleged to have been the wrong call.
Failed Repair Methods
Covers claims that the engineering approach you specified underperformed or failed under load.
Misdiagnosis Claims
Protects you if you are accused of incorrectly identifying the cause of settlement or structural movement.
Defense Costs
Pays the legal expenses of defending a professional-negligence claim, even one that ultimately has no merit.
Real-world claim scenarios
You recommend helical piers to a set depth; the home settles again because the soil profile ran deeper than assessed.
A client alleges your drainage recommendation failed to resolve the moisture problem.
A commercial project owner claims your diagnostic report missed a structural cause.
Why it matters for foundation work
General liability typically excludes professional-judgment claims — this is the coverage that responds.
Foundation failures are high-value and attract attorneys.
More commercial and municipal contracts now require E&O before award.
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