Preliminary findings of alternative dispute resolutionud(ADR) application by the G7 contractors in the Malaysianudconstruction industryud

摘要

The research described in this paper investigates the application of Alternative DisputeudResolution (ADR) by the Malaysian CIDB G7 registered construction contractors. Theudobjective of the research is to analyse the application of ADR in the Malaysian constructionudindustry in term of quantity, trend and obstacles. This research adopted quantitativeudmethodology based on cross sectional survey instrument to 1000 contractors from theudavailable sampling frame consists of 2,834 building and civil engineering contractorsudnationwide and the response rate was 231 (23%) which is acceptable rate for social scienceudresearch. The data collected has been analysed using descriptive analysis and nonparametricudstatistics using SPSS 15. It was found that currently ADR is not very applicableudin the Malaysian construction industry. At the same time the application of ADR is notudstrongly influenced by the years of establishment of the construction organisations,udexperience and designation of respondents, value of contract price and project duration.udOverall, the level of application of ADR by the G7 construction contractors are generally lowuddue to the characteristics, perceptions and understanding on the overall process of disputeudresolution. These preliminary research findings will form a basis for the establishment of audconstruction ADR framework for practical utilisation in the Malaysian construction industry.