What Every Construction Professional Needs to Know About Dispute Resolution

Speakers:
Bob Hughes, American Arbitration Association
Stephen Butler, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Stanley Sklar, Dispute Resolution Services
This session will focus on the specific contract provisions dealing with dispute mitigation and resolution. Attendees will learn how the various dispute avoidance and resolution techniques work, how to utilize them to effectively avoid or quickly resolve disputes and manage the dispute resolution process. Discussions will include form documents (AIA, Consensus DOCS, and other form documents). Mitigation, Project Neutral, and Mediation will be discussed. This session will further review binding dispute resolution, arbitration, litigation, and ADR and Risk Management.
 

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How the Courts Interpret Specifications

Speaker:
Gerald I. Katz, Esq.
Katz & Stone, L.L.P.

Specifications are contract provisions. Like any other portion of a construction contract that is unclear or unambiguous, a faulty specification often creates disputes which then must be resolved by the courts according to basic rules of contract interpretation. Being familiar with these rules will help in understanding and using specifications, and enable specifiers to do a better job of crafting clear, concise specifications and avoiding disputes.
 

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