Resolving Construction Disputes: Review of State DOT Processes

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Transportation Research Board and National Cooperative Highway Research Program and Michael C. Loulakis

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Synopsis: Commercial disputes among owners, contractors, and subcontractors on construction projects are a fact of life, regardless of how hard parties might try to avoid them. Sometimes these disputes get resolved quickly at the project level, but sometimes the dispute is handled through litigation. NCHRP Legal Research Digest 92: Resolving Construction Disputes: Review of State DOT Processes, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, aims to build a better understanding of what state departments of transportation (DOTs) are doing in terms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes and reviews state DOT practices for construction disputes.