{"id":30750,"date":"2021-08-03T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30750"},"modified":"2021-08-03T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:14:50","slug":"arcadis-average-construction-dispute-value-hits-record-level-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30750","title":{"rendered":"Arcadis: Average construction dispute value hits record level in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30751 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/arcadis_030821.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" \/>The average value of construction disputes hit a record level in 2020, rising to \u00a327.7m, according to data from Arcadis\u2019 11th annual \u2018Global Construction Disputes Report 2021: The road to early resolution\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026117% increase on 2017\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 main cause of disputes was owners, contractors, or subcontractors failing to understand and\/or comply with their contractual obligations\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Construction Manager Magazine<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The figure represented a 117% increase on 2017, according to a survey by consultant Arcadis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<p>Meanwhile, 75% of respondents encountered disputes of claims specific to covid-19, Arcadis found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<p>But the average length of time to resolve disputes remained was less than 10 months \u2013 in line with the average amount of time taken in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<p>Arcadis said that the data, featured in its 11th annual \u201cGlobal Construction Disputes Report 2021: The road to early resolution,\u201d illustrated industry-wide \u201cripple effects\u201d of the covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<p>All regions surveyed saw an increase in \u201cmega disputes\u201d related to bigger capital programmes and private projects, which Arcadis said partially explained the increase in dispute value seen during 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\">\n<div class=\"block-inner core-block-inner\">\n<p>The main cause of disputes was owners, contractors, or subcontractors failing to understand and\/or comply with their contractual obligations, according to the survey. That was followed by errors and\/or omissions in the contract document and failure to make interim awards on extensions of time and compensation&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The full 2021 Global Construction Disputes Report can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadis.com\/en\/knowledge-hub\/perspectives\/global\/global-construction-disputes-report\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/constructionmanagermagazine.com\/average-construction-dispute-value-hits-record-level-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average value of construction disputes hit a record level in 2020, rising to \u00a327.7m, according to data from Arcadis\u2019 11th annual \u2018Global Construction Disputes Report 2021: The road to early resolution\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30753,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30750\/revisions\/30753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}