{"id":754,"date":"2012-08-10T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2012-08-10T11:44:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T17:44:40","slug":"cost-of-construction-disputes-going-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/cost-of-construction-disputes-going-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Construction Disputes Going Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Julie D. Goldstein &#8211; July 24, 2012<\/p>\n<p>A recent study and report by ARCADIS found that construction disputes in the U.S. lasted an average of 14.4 months in 2011, compared to 11.4 months in 2010.\u00a0 In contrast, the global average was only 10.6 months, and specifically\u00a0disputes in the U.K. were resolved at only 8.7 months.\u00a0 \u00a0Generally, construction disputes in 2011 fell to 32.2 million dollars from 35.1 million in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>ARCADIS (a\u00a0design, consulting, engineering and management services company)\u00a0believes that\u00a0the dramatic fall in the value of U.S. construction disputes is based on a depressed construction market and not with an increase in any type of dispute resolution.\u00a0 The issue has also been raised that if there is a bad economy, less bills are being paid so therefore more\u00a0money is owed and then more litigation. However, if no one is getting paid, can anyone afford to file a claim.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that the\u00a0most common causes of disputes in global and U.S. construction projects were (a) ambiguities in a contract document; (b) incomplete design information; (c) conflicting party interests; (d) failure to make interim awards on extensions of time and monetary relief; and (e) failure to properly administer the contract.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that only (c) &#8211; (e) would really be impacted by the economy. Ambiguities in construction projects and incomplete design information will always be there.<\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed a decrease in disputes?<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to see if construction disputes will continue down this trend.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=07f0a3a4-6f6c-46f2-9c5f-4d6160c8dbfa&amp;utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&amp;utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+Federal+section&amp;utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&amp;utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2012-07-27&amp;utm_term=\">Cost of construction disputes going down &#8211; Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie D. Goldstein &#8211; July 24, 2012 A recent study and report by ARCADIS found that construction disputes in the U.S. lasted an average of 14.4 months in 2011, compared to 11.4 months in 2010.\u00a0 In contrast, the global average was only 10.6 months, and specifically\u00a0disputes in the U.K. were resolved at only 8.7 months.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/cost-of-construction-disputes-going-down\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cost of Construction Disputes Going Down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,172],"tags":[204,80],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","category-construction-law-2","tag-construction-disputes","tag-dispute-resolution","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cost of Construction Disputes Going Down - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/cost-of-construction-disputes-going-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cost of Construction Disputes Going Down - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Julie D. 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