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  1. CASE STUDIES ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CONSTRUCTION ...

    This study focuses on determining the intrinsic factors for construction disputes related to claims raised due to variation from 72 arbitration awards through Case Study approach and furthermore ...

  2. Case Studies

    In the case of Wood Electric, Inc. v. Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, 081216 OHCOC, 2014-00987, we represented an electrical contractor in the Ohio Court of Claims against the State of Ohio in a dispute involving a delayed multimillion-dollar school project. With our help, our client proved that the State and its agents delayed the ...

  3. Case Study: Construction Delay Dispute

    If you wish to discuss a potential construction delay claim or any construction legal matter, call (713) 909-7323 or contact us online to speak with an attorney. Our client was sued by the general contractor for breach of contract that caused a delay in the project's timeline.

  4. PDF CASE STUDIES: DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS SELECTION IN CONSTRUCTION

    3 CASE STUDIES In the construction industry, disputes usually occur between or among partners, collaborators, owners and contractors, etc. Based on the different roles and requirements on a construction project, and to illustrate the selection of a dispute resolution technique, the following six cases are studied:

  5. What Causes Construction Disputes, How They Are Resolved & How COVID

    What Causes Disputes in Construction. Arcadis' research shows that the top cause of disputes in North America for 2020 was a failure to understand and/or comply with contractual obligations. As the unprecedented effects of COVID were felt in the construction industry, many looked to the contract language for guidance and found it was not as ...

  6. Understanding Causes and Resolutions of Construction Disputes: A Case Study

    To study the construction disputes, questionnaires were distributed to the construction practitioners in Suzhou, China. 109 questionnaires were collected which produced 93 valid samples. Among the respondents, the male professionals are 63.4%, and most of them aged 21-30 (55.9%).

  7. Construction Contract Claims, Changes, and Dispute Resolution

    Public-Private Partnerships: Case Studies on Infrastructure Development, by Sidney M. Levy. (ASCE Press, 2011). Demystifies public-private partnerships as ... Construction Disputes 1 1.2. Construction Claims—Background, Outlook, and Approach 1 1.3. Definition of a Claim 3 1.4. The Purpose of This Book 3 1.5. Public Contracts 4 1.6. Private ...

  8. PDF Trends in Construction Claims & Disputes

    related to construction claims and disputes. Introduction When I first became involved in construction claims and disputes on a full time basis in the 1970's I asked a noted claims consultant why he had chosen claims consulting as a career. The response was short and pithy - "When construction is good, claims are good. When construction

  9. Understanding Causes and Resolutions of Construction Disputes: A Case Study

    Cronbach's alpha of the scale of construction dispute causes (0.868) and the construc-tion dispute resolutions (0.952) are greater than 0.7, indicating that the scale has a high internal consistency (Wu 2019). Meanwhile, the Kaiser Meyer Olkin of the scales of construction dispute causes (0.816) and the construction dispute resolution (0.864) are

  10. Evaluation of Biases in Construction Project Dispute Resolution: Case Study

    This study aims to identify the types of bias, motives for bias, and bias-minimizing approaches in construction project disputes resolution in the Gaza Strip. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical approach with questionnaire as a tool. The findings show the existence of bias in resolution of dispute in a construction project.

  11. PDF CASE STUDIES IN TROUBLED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

    This thesis, referencing actual construction claims, presents case studies of construction mediation and binding arbitration. The subject is. to offer a study of the most common causes of disputes, present alternative dispute. resolution methods and finally, to prove or disprove the idea that litigation remains the.

  12. The top 12 drivers of construction disputes and how to avoid them

    Here were the top causes of claims and disputes in the U.S. and the Americas more broadly from data on 410 projects collected in 2020: Design was incorrect. Workmanship deficiencies. Design was ...

  13. Recent Arbitration Judgments Involving Construction Disputes

    We examine in this piece some recent, interesting judgments in construction of arbitration law and comment on some emerging trends. Pre-arbitral Section 9 - Mumbai International Airport Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India [2] The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) executed an operation ...

  14. 2022 Global Construction Disputes Report

    Globally, our Contract Solutions team handled more disputes in 2021 than in 2020, and we expect this to increase in 2022. We attribute this year's increase to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and supply chain impacts discussed in this report. Among regions surveyed, nearly 76% of respondents encountered disputes or claims specific to COVID-19 ...

  15. Contractual Governance for Dispute Resolution and Construction ...

    This study investigated the GS and GM for construction disputes through a case study. A case study is a methodology that explains the "why" and "how" for a phenomenon worth exploring . In addition, multiple cases could strengthen the robustness of research conclusions instead of a single case . The multiple in-depth case study (MICS ...

  16. Construction Arbitration

    Arbitration is the most widely used method of dispute resolution in the construction industry. Parties should understand the key concepts and common types of claims when deciding whether to ...

  17. Claim Management and Dispute Resolution in the Construction ...

    In the second (green) cluster, the following 11 keywords were clustered and reported in descending order of occurrence: construction disputes and conflicts, project management, construction projects, fuzzy logic, dispute management, claim management, causes of claims and disputes, public-private partnership (PPP), case study, stakeholders ...

  18. Understanding Causes and Resolutions of Construction Disputes: A Case Study

    The results indicate that the COVID-19 (4.20) has a significant impact on construction disputes, and contractual causes (4.00) are the most common disputes. Diverse stakeholders' perceptions of ...

  19. Construction Dispute Case Study

    Construction Dispute Unveiled: Delve into the Tien Phong - Vina Vs. Ha Noi - Dien Bien case study by Stephen Le. Explore the complexities of partially executed agreements, debt reconciliation, and the legal battles that ensued.

  20. Effective management strategies for construction contract disputes

    Seven categories of construction disputes adopted for this study are listed in Table 1. They are as follows: client-related, contractor-related, design-related, contract-related, ... O.O. (2016), " Risk management system to guide building construction projects' in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria ", Thesis (PhD), ...

  21. Evaluation of Biases in Construction Project Dispute Resolution: Case Study

    A case study investigated types of bias, motives for bias, and bias-minimizing in an attempt to optimize construction project dispute resolution procedures [10]. Fitriyanti and Adly (2022) and El ...

  22. Construction case law update

    Read or watch the first in the series below: the top five construction cases of 2018. 1. North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1744. Cyden Homes employed North Midland Building (NMB) to design and build a large house in the Midlands, under a JCT Design and Build construction contract. The parties agreed to an amendment ...

  23. Case Studies

    Case Studies. Development Agreement Dispute. Resolving Outstanding Invoices: A Case Study in Recovering Payments with Interest. Value: £4,000. ... of Chartered Quantity Surveyors and Construction Claims Consultants specialising in Construction Dispute Resolution and Alternative Legal Services (ADR) including Expert Witness. ...

  24. Case Studies in Construction Materials

    Case Studies in Construction Materials is a peer reviewed, open access journal. User rights. All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. Permitted reuse is defined by your choice of one of the following user licenses: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY ...

  25. Buildings

    The "City in a Park" (CIP) is a new concept of urban transformation and development proposed in China in recent years, guiding the construction of healthy and sustainable living environments. This paper analyzes urban planning based on the CIP concept from a synergetic perspective, aiming to explore how the integrated planning of ecological spaces and built environments can promote ...