Analysis of Disputes in Transportation Projects

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10.2991/jrarc.2012.2.4.1How to use a DOI?

Keywords

dispute, lessons learned, transportation projects, dispute resolution board

Abstract

Disputes in construction projects are fairly common. They most often lead to increased costs, delays, and damaged business relationships. Disputes can also result in loss of reputation, personnel resources, and potential business opportunities. Previous studies have shown that the frequency of disputes in construction projects can be reduced through the timely identification of potential dispute sources and the implementation of effective lessons-learned strategies. This paper presents an analysis of the disputes for transportation projects in the state of Florida and the related lessons-learned in order to prevent these disputes from recurring in future projects. Two hundred and sixtytwo(262) cases of disputes in transportation projects between 1994 and 2008 stored in the Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) database of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) were analyzed. It was found that majority of disputes were due to unforeseen conditions. Also, more than half of the disputes (58%) occurred during the main construction stage of the projects. Most of the lessons-learned were derived from the evaluation of the DRB reports aimed to address ambiguous specifications, a responsibility-assigment mechanism, and poor conceptual planning.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Farrukh Arif
AU  - M. Emre Bayraktar
AU  - Cagri Cinkilic
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/12/01
TI  - Analysis of Disputes in Transportation Projects
JO  - Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response
SP  - 215
EP  - 222
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SN  - 2210-8505
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jrarc.2012.2.4.1
DO  - 10.2991/jrarc.2012.2.4.1
ID  - Arif2012
ER  -