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Study into the use of Dispute Boards in the Construction Industry (2011) Ref: build0017 The root cause for half
of all UK construction projects finishing over budget are split equally
between clients and the supply chain activity. Internationally, FIDIC
found that management and allocation of risk often influenced the
overall success or failure of a given project. The Construction
Industry Institute (CII) found that people were the most significant
driver of disputes. While the principles driving construction contracts
are long standing, construction contracts necessarily contain complex
contractual machinery for keeping the contract in place and dealing
with uncertainty. It follows that construction contract disputes are
complex. In recent times Dispute Boards comprising impartial industry
professionals convened from the project start until substantial
completion to assist the parties in avoiding and resolving disputes
have successfully reduced recourse to litigation and gained
international popularity. Dispute Boards are able to help the parties
avoid disputes by encouraging dialogue between them and by advising
them on the correct interpretation of the contract. Dispute Boards are
able to quickly decide disputes that are referred because of their
involvement with the project. Dispute Boards are placed into their
overall historical context in this dissertation by reference to legal
principles and using mainly tunnelling and major projects as a
background.
Introduction Research Chapter 2 The Construction Industry Introduction Construction Projects The Parties Involved in a Construction Project in Perspective Construction Industry Reports Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment After Egan Conflict in Construction Controlling the Costs of Conflict Conclusion Chapter 3 Construction Industry Disputes: Historical Perspective Introduction Construction Contracts The Thames Tunnel IK Brunel and the Great Western Railway William Ranger v Great Western Railway Mackintosh v The Great Western Railway Alexander Scott v George Avery Kemp v Rose Scott v The Corporation of Liverpool Pawley v Turnbull Jones and Another v The President and Scholars of St. John‟s College, Oxford The Official Referees The Introduction of Standard Forms of Contract Chambers v Goldthorpe Robins v Goddard Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution The Channel Tunnel Impartiality Conclusion Chapter 4 The Causes of Disputes Introduction Causes of Disputes Risk and Price Dispute Potential Index Conclusion Chapter 5 Dispute Boards Introduction History of DBs and Contemporary Events Philosophy Conclusion Chapter 6 Conclusions Bibliography 
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