Case studies on dispute resolutions in construction projects for framing an expert solution

Abstract

Disputes in construction industry are reoccurring and are inevitable. Disputes and conflicts take a lot of time to solve and therefore the construction process is put on hold until the problem is sorted out. Legal system is burdened with many cases resulting in the delay of judgment. Disputes between owners and contractors can be developed due to several reasons such as the nature of the work, its complexity, magnitude and many others. There have been instances where the industry personnel were instructed to follow certain steps for minimization of disputes such as keeping a check of the contract documents from time to time etc. Even after these things the disputes have not been able to see a solution. The objective of this paper was to provide a solution to this problem in the form of an expert system which can reduce and quicken the dispute settlement procedures. For this research case studies have been carried out on legal cases for which judgment has been pronounced and thus obtaining an idea about the causes of the dispute and the factors influencing the judgment process. Furthermore an expert system has been provided with alternative dispute resolution techniques other than litigation.