Dispute Resolution in Construction Management

✍ Scribed by Ian Eilenberg

• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dispute Resolution in Construction Management is a manual for students and those in the construction industry who need to know how to avoid disputes and how to resolve them if they arise.

✦ Table of Contents

DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT......Page 1
DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
CONTRACTS......Page 11
SUMMARY......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 17
SO WHY DO PEOPLE DISAGREE "......Page 18
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE PARTICIPANTS......Page 20
COMMUNICATION......Page 26
NON- VERBAL COMMUNICATION......Page 27
ALTERNATIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION......Page 32
SEMANTICS......Page 33
SUMMARY......Page 34
INTRODUCTION......Page 35
BUILDING CASES LISTS......Page 38
REFERENCE OUT......Page 39
COMMENTS ON THE COURT SYSTEM......Page 47
OFFICIAL REFEREES......Page 49
INTRODUCTION......Page 50
BACKGROUND......Page 51
DOMESTIC LEGISLATION......Page 55
ARBITRATION SECTIONS AND CLAUSES......Page 57
COSTS......Page 75
OTHER INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS......Page 80
INTRODUCTION......Page 85
LAUNCHING THE ARBITRATION PROCESS......Page 86
THE PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE......Page 90
THE HEARING......Page 97
THE AWARD......Page 101
FORM OF THE AWARD......Page 105
EXPERT WITNESSES......Page 106
SCOTT SCHEDULE......Page 107
PAPER ARBITRATIONS......Page 108
ALTERNATIVES TO ARBITRATION......Page 109
INTRODUCTION......Page 111
WHAT IS NEGOTIATION "......Page 112
OUTCOMES OF NEGOTIATION......Page 114
THE FOUR MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGOTIATION......Page 119
OTHER PRINCIPLES OF NEGOTIATION......Page 124
SOME GUIDELINES WHEN PREPARING FOR A NEGOTIATION......Page 128
OTHER METHODS FOR OBTAINING IDEAS AND OPTIONS......Page 130
DEADLOCKS......Page 131
ALTERNATIVE NEGOTIATING SYSTEMS......Page 132
SUMMARY......Page 133
INTRODUCTION......Page 134
MEDIATION AND ITS USES......Page 135
THE MEDIATION PROCESS......Page 141
CONCILIATION......Page 147
SUMMARY......Page 149
INTRODUCTION......Page 150
PARTNERING......Page 151
PROJECT PARTNERING......Page 153
STRATEGIC PARTNERING......Page 163
ALLIANCING......Page 164
COMMENTS ON PARTNERING AND ALLIANCING......Page 165
STANDING NEUTRALS......Page 166
Summary......Page 169
RELATIONSHIPS......Page 171
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 178
APPENDIX 1......Page 183
APPENDIX 2......Page 184
APPENDIX 3......Page 186
APPENDIX 4......Page 189
APPENDIX 5......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 194
FURTHER READING......Page 199
INDEX......Page 204