Construction ADR

The construction industry has pioneered the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Given the complex and technical nature of construction disputes, an efficient and cost-effective resolution requires that lawyers, arbitrators and mediators have a genuine understanding of the construction process and its business practices. Construction ADR provides a comprehensive grounding in and also a practical analysis of all aspects of current ADR methods and theories used in the construction industry, including mediation, arbitration, dispute resolution boards (DRB), initial decision making (IDM), and project neutrals. This unique compendium provides realistic and immediately useful advice from experts in construction ADR with a substantive legal foundation comprised of hundreds of citations to case law, treatises, and other industry publications. Contents: Drafting the arbitration clause / Daniel Yamshon; Enforcing arbitration agreements / Andrew D. Ness and Thomas E. Lynch; Arbitration providers / Philip L. Bruner and Albert Bates Jr.; Types of arbitration in construction / Charles M. Sink; Arbitrators / Paul M. Lurie and Kenneth M. Roberts; Consolidation and joinder / Charles M. Sink; Choice of law and venue / Douglas S. Oles and Benjamin D. Greenberg; Discovery / Richard J. Tyler; Prehearing procedures / J. Snowden Stanley, Jr.; The arbitration hearing / Edmund M. Amorosi and Richard F. Smith; Secrets of a winning presentation / Judith B. Ittig; The award / Carl F. Ingwalson, Jr.; Post-award procedures / Judah Lifschitz and Scott D. Burke; International arbitration /