Dispute Boards: Dispute Avoidance Role, Part 2

摘要

This is the sixth and concluding article in the series on Dispute Boards (DBs) and is Part 2 on the dispute avoidance role of a DB. It describes the need for dispute avoidance and the avoidance role of DBs in practice. In the prelude to this article (Part 1 of the dispute avoidance role of a DB) the evolution of the dispute avoidance role of DBs and the avoidance provisions found in commonly used standard form conditions of contract and DB rules were discussed. The first five articles (introductory and Parts 1, 2 and 3 on the operation of a DB and Part 1 on the dispute avoidance role of a DB) appeared in the August, September, October and November 2014, and the January/ February 2015 issues of Civil Engineering.