Dispute Boards and Construction Contracts
Dr Donald Charrett Vicbar CPD, (2010) 132 ACLN 19 Dispute Boards are a new (for Australia) paradigm for the avoidance and resolution of disputes arising from construction contracts. They have been widely and successfully used in the USA since the 1970s and on major international projects since the 1980s. The World Bank mandates the use
- Published in Construction Contracts, Dispute Boards
Practical Guide to Engineering and Construction Contracts
Philip Loots and Donald Charrett (2009) CCH This hardcover book of 450 pages is a concise practical guide to the law relating to construction contracts in Australia. It is written for end users working at the “coalface” negotiating and administering construction contracts, and the book does not assume any prior formal knowledge of the law
- Published in Construction Contracts
Contractual Lessons From Construction Failures: Part Two
Dr Donald Charrett (2009) V4 No 2 Construction Law International 19 This paper reviews the lessons that can be derived from the failures of several large steel box girder bridges during construction over 35 years ago. Although these failures had a predominantly “technical” cause in respect of inadequacies in the quality of design and/or construction,
- Published in Contractual Indemnities
Adjudication and Dispute Boards: The Next Wave in ADR?
Dr Donald Charrett (2009) 35 BDPS News 4; (2009) 3 Buildlaw 16 Contractual adjudication and dispute boards are two methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) of construction disputes which have not yet been widely used in Australia, but have been growing in use internationally, particularly over the last decade or so. The two methods have
- Published in ADR
Adjudication in Singapore: Challenges to an Adjudicator’s Decision with Regard to Timescales
Dr Donald Charrett (2009) Asian Dispute Review 52; (2009) 2 Buildlaw 16; (2009) September ADR Reporter 12 Singapore has enacted Security of Payment legislation which provides for rapid adjudication of payment disputes. The very short timetable available for the steps in such an adjudication raises the possibility that lack of compliance with statutory time limits
- Published in ADR