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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454610103321

Titolo

Reducing construction costs [[electronic resource] ] : uses of best dispute resolution practices by project owners : proceedings report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2007

ISBN

0-309-17998-X

1-281-11020-5

9786611110208

0-309-66549-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

Federal Facilities Council technical report ; ; no. 149

Disciplina

624.0681

Soggetti

Construction industry - United States - Cost control

Dispute resolution (Law)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In 2004 the NAC teamed with the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Research Council to sponsor the 'Government/Industry Forum on Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners'. The forum was held on September 23, 2004, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C."--P. 2.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Changing the Adversarial Culture of the Construction Industry""; ""3 Brief Review of Typical Dispute Prevention and Resolution Best Practices""; ""4 Use of Best Practices in Construction""; ""5 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Successful Uses of Dispute Resolution Best Practices""; ""6 Employing Standing Dispute Resolution Panels with the Bridging Method of Design and Construction Procurement""; ""7 Risk Allocation: The Pentagon Renovation Project""; ""8 Methods for Reducing Claims""

""9 Exploring Ways to Encourage and Implement Greater Uses of Dispute Resolution Best Practices""""10 Getting Beyond Process to the Roots of Litigation: Changing the Litigious Culture in an Organization and Its Impact on the Construction Industry""; ""Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A Forum Agenda""; ""APPENDIX B Speaker Biographies""