{"id":904009,"date":"2025-02-25T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=904009"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:14:25","slug":"construction-arbitration-rules-update-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/construction-arbitration-rules-update-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Construction\u00a0Arbitration\u00a0Rules Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marc Feinstein, Sherin Parikh and Andrew Weisberg | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omm.com\/insights\/alerts-publications\/2024-construction-arbitration-rules-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">O&#8217;Melveny &amp; Myers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2024, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) updated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/arbitration-rules-amended-american-arbitration-association\/\">Construction Industry Arbitration Rules<\/a>, introducing two specific revisions that could impact future arbitrations. The revisions relate to consolidation and joinder, as well as arbitrator selection. As we approach the one-year anniversary of these changes, their effects have begun to take shape. Entities or individuals with arbitration provisions in their contracts that select AAA\u2019s Construction Rules should consider the possible effects of these rule changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first change, to Construction Rule R-7, accelerates the timeline for consolidation and joinder requests. Those requests commonly arise in construction disputes involving shared liability between owners, architects, general contractors, and subcontractors. Previously, the Rules permitted parties to request consolidation or joinder within 90 days of AAA notifying the parties that the demand filing requirements have been satisfied. The revised Rule R-7, however, requires all joinder and consolidation requests to be filed with the AAA prior to the appointment of the merits arbitrator. The AAA shall appoint a single arbitrator for the limited purpose of deciding consolidation and joinder requests. Because merits arbitrators are typically appointed between 15 and 45 days after filing (<em>see<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/document_repository\/AAA197_Arbitration_Road_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AAA\u2019s Arbitration Road Map<\/a>), parties must now file joinder and consolidation requests much more quickly than was the case previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other key change, to Rule R-15, narrows the pool of available merits arbitrators. Rule R-15 now requires that all party-appointed arbitrators be on the AAA National Roster, unless the parties agree otherwise \u201cor AAA determines in its sole discretion that the AAA National Roster of Arbitrators does not have the requested expertise.\u201d Due to this change, a party\u2019s preferred arbitrator, including an arbitrator that a party liked from a prior proceeding, may no longer be eligible for appointment. Parties should check whether their preferred arbitrators are listed on the AAA National Roster\u2014and, if not, they should consider revising their contractual arbitration provisions to allow for the appointment of off-Roster arbitrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reassessment of current template contractual arbitration provisions, and advance planning when filing an arbitration, will help parties prevent major disruptions that might otherwise arise due to these rule changes. All AAA construction arbitrations will default to the new AAA Rules unless the parties\u2019 agreement provides otherwise. The 2024 AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/ConstructionRules_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Feinstein, Sherin Parikh and Andrew Weisberg | O&#8217;Melveny &amp; Myers In March 2024, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) updated its Construction Industry Arbitration Rules, introducing two specific revisions that could impact future arbitrations. The revisions relate to consolidation and joinder, as well as arbitrator selection. As we approach the one-year anniversary of these changes,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/construction-arbitration-rules-update-2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2024 Construction\u00a0Arbitration\u00a0Rules Update<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[9895,551,42,9305],"class_list":["post-904009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arbitration","tag-advise-consult","tag-american-arbitration-association","tag-arbitration-2","tag-construction-industry-arbitration-rules-and-mediation-procedures","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>2024 Construction\u00a0Arbitration\u00a0Rules Update - Advise &amp; 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