Construction Conflict Management and Resolution
by Fenn, Peter; Gameson, RodEdition: 1st
Pub. Date: 2003-10-04
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
This book brings together over 40 expert papers presented at the 1992 International Construction Conflict Management & Resolution Conference held in Manchester, UK.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | |
| Referees | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Construction conflict: management and resolution - analysis and solutions | p. 3 |
| The construction industry | p. 21 |
| Construction Conflict | p. 25 |
| Facing up to conflict in construction | p. 27 |
| Construction conflict - management and resolution | p. 35 |
| Managing disputes | p. 47 |
| Successful conflict management | p. 54 |
| Construction conflict - the specialist contractors view | p. 59 |
| Contingency management of conflict: analysis of contract interfaces | p. 64 |
| Avoiding conflict by risk management - the role of the client's project manager | p. 72 |
| Resolving conflict in the formulation of building design objectives | p. 95 |
| The relationship between conflict, change and project management strategy | p. 110 |
| Karming conflict | p. 122 |
| Contracts cause conflicts | p. 128 |
| Construction management integration: an analysis of the degree of integration between construction professionals and project performance | p. 145 |
| The French approach to handling conflicts and to negotiating: certain notable features | p. 151 |
| Substantive techniques for conflict resolution: aggregate extraction in southern Ontario | p. 161 |
| "Do it yourself homes" - more or less conflict problems" | p. 172 |
| Transition and management of uncertain resolution | p. 178 |
| Claims Litigation and Arbitration | p. 185 |
| Adjudication procedures: a temporary diversion | p. 187 |
| Can construction claims be avoided? | p. 202 |
| Review of Australian building disputes settled by litigation | p. 209 |
| Costs in arbitration proceedings | p. 219 |
| Construction contracts: towards a new relationship | p. 229 |
| Construction contractors liability in Saudi Arabia | p. 250 |
| The role of integrated cost and time models in conflict resolution | p. 255 |
| The position of materials re payment and ownership in construction projects in the UK | p. 269 |
| Statistical modelling of claims procedures and construction conflicts | p. 276 |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | p. 287 |
| Mediation, the experience in the United States | p. 289 |
| Alternative dispute resolution - a far east perspective | p. 298 |
| Alternative dispute resolution and construction disputes | p. 302 |
| The problems of using ADR in the construction industry | p. 306 |
| Mediation and mini-trial of construction disputes | p. 314 |
| The dispute resolution adviser in the construction industry | p. 328 |
| Whither small value residential dispute settlement in Australia? | p. 340 |
| Peace, love and harmony | p. 347 |
| The use of mini-trials to resolve construction disputes | p. 354 |
| FIDIC study on amicable settlement of construction disputes | p. 362 |
| Education | p. 367 |
| Managing conflict in organizations | p. 369 |
| Planning for disputes - educating construction management | p. 378 |
| Conflict in the context of education in building ethics | p. 388 |
| Educating construction professionals to improve the built environment | p. 400 |
| Construction conflict management - the role of education and training | p. 406 |
| The construction industry's male culture must feminize if conflict is to be reduced: the role of education as gatekeeper to a male construction industry | p. 416 |
| Index of Keywords | p. 429 |
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