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Our Special guest this week, Mr. David T. Armstrong, will present on:
Dispute Review Boards - How They Work And Why They Are The Future Of Construction ADR
A Dispute Board (DB) is a board of impartial professionals formed at the beginning of the project to follow construction progress, encourage dispute avoidance, and assist in the resolution of disputes for the duration of the project. Dispute Boards are commonly referred to as Dispute Resolution or Review Boards in the US, and Dispute Boards internationally, but may be referred to by a variety of terms such as Dispute Avoidance Board (DAB), Dispute Review Board (DRB), Dispute Review Panel (DRP), Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board (DAAB), and many others. While they may be referred to in different ways, their function is essentially the same, which is to encourage dispute avoidance and to resolve disputes.
There are several models for the structure of Dispute Boards worldwide. These DB models are distinguished by their primary role within a project (dispute avoidance or resolution, or both), the number of DB members (one or three), the duration of the DB (standing or ad hoc) and the nature of the rules or procedures under which the DB operates.
Mr. Armstrong is an educator, arbitrator, mediator, and Dispute Review Board Panelist specializing in construction industry disputes. He has served as a neutral for over four thousand construction disputes regarding project delays, change order requests, patent defects, latent defects, water intrusion, roofing, masonry, earthquake damage, structural failure, compaction, contract interpretation, scope of work issues, architectural and engineering malpractice and negligence, standards of care for contractors and developers, fraud and negligence, liens, ADA/handicap access, landlord misrepresentation, defective products, non-payment, building code violation, materials handling and stop notices.
He was Owner and President of the Institute for Conflict Management, LLC an institute that educated and certified Arbitrators, Mediators and Dispute Review Board panelists for business and construction industry disputes.
Mr. Armstrong received his MDR - Master’s Degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution – Pepperdine University School of Law (1998)
Mr. Armstrong wrote The Arbitrator's Guide: for Conducting Commercial and Construction Industry Arbitration
For further information about Dispute Review Boards, please contact Mr. Armstrong directly at David@ArmstrongADR.com or the Dispute Review Board Foundation at www.drb.org