The construction industry in Sri Lanka covers a complex and comprehensive field of activities. Disputes might arise at any point during the construction process. Dispute resolution systems are changed with the interaction ...

Construction disputes are of highly technical in nature and in fact intensive and multifaceted than other commercial disputes. The litigation method is the traditional way of dispute resolution and drawbacks of litigation ...

Construction disputes have become a major hindrance for the performance of construction projects. Most of the practices in construction projects have contributed to avoid disputes while serving its own purposes. It is ...

Complexity and disputes are some of the inherent features of the construction sector. Building up more effective and sustainable relationships as a means of avoiding such disputes would result in value addition to the ...

Construction industry could be identified as one of the major employment opportunity providing sectors in the world wide. Due to larger operational time and use of large force of labour and machineries, risk is predominant ...

The recently enacted Construction Industry Development Act No. 33 of 2014 is for the development of the construction industry in Sri Lanka. The Act facilitates the resolution of disputes within the construction industry. ...

The basic characteristics of built environment activities are complexity and disputability in its own nature. This complexity drives most of the construction projects and contracts towards disputes between parties. Construction ...

In Sri Lanka, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as negotiation, conciliation, mediation, adjudication and arbitration can be identified as preferable alternatives for replacing traditional litigation as ...