Disputes, Claims, Variations, and Arbitration in Construction Projects

This week's portfolio focuses on disputes, claims, variations, and arbitration in construction projects. The portfolio discusses the different methods of project negotiation, conflict management, and stakeholder engagement across projects consisting of differing technology standards and asset lifecycles. It also explains the consequences of project delays, disruptions, and changes to planned activities and the methods for claims variations, liquidated damages, contract entitlements, and arbitration. Proper management includes monitoring and auditing, and the project evaluation has been completely dependent on the project evaluation strategies and how the project is being evaluated considering the standard and quality of the project.

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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of
the unit
Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit
reading, assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
Week 7 Topic:
Disputes, Claims,
Variations, and
Arbitration.
Collaborative Project
Procurement
Arrangements
(2015) by Derek H. T.
Walker and Beverly
M. Lloyd Walker;
Cheung S.O., & and
Chow P.T. 2011.
Withdrawal in
Construction Project
Dispute Negotiation.
Journal of
Construction
Engineering and
Management.
Volume 137, Issue 12
3. Differentiate methods of
project negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder engagement
across projects consisting of
differing technology
standards and asset lifecycles.
Disputes are the major concerning topics I the construction project that
can drag back the project from being successful that includes the
escalation in the cost, budget, and risks. Claims can be of two types
including contractual and technical dimension. “Understanding these
different dimensions to variation claims is the basis for suggesting a
third method of dispute resolution for variation claims.”
Changes in law, Variations might be requiring for the diverse reasons
that includes the design defects, latent site conditions, and value
engineering and instructed changes to works.
PPMP20011 Unit Profile
PPMP20011 Moodle
Web site
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you can add from other
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of
the unit
Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit
reading, assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
4. Explain and apply methods
of identifying and reconciling
inconsistent and conflicting
objectives and drivers that
develop, maintain, mange
relationships and
communication with key
stakeholders.
I get to know about the aspects related to the disputes, claims,
variations, and arbitrations and how crucial these aspects could be for
the successful and efficient delivery of the project. This week was
another widening concept in relation with the project execution and
management of the project constraints and successful delivery of the
project. The previous weeks were enhancement in the topics as
mentioned earlier however; current topics led in the development of
the strategies and the practices those can contribute in the successful
and effective deployment of the project.
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
5. Explain the consequences
of project delays, disruptions,
and changes to planned
activities and the methods for
claims variations, liquidated
damages, contract
entitlements, and arbitration.
The objectives mentioned in the above section are capable of
influencing the project constraints in negative manner and thus, cause
further manipulation in the strategies for the project delivery. The
dispute can cause in the variations and variation could led to the claims
and for solving these traits, arbitration will be required in manner to
identify whether the project has been successfully delivered in an
efficient and effective manner or not.
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
6. Evaluate project
management tools that help
avoid or provide conflict
resolution via negotiated
solutions.
Proper strategies and plan should be done considering every activity
and perspective of those activities on the project delivery. Proper
management includes the monitoring and auditing and thus, the
project evaluation has been completely dependent on the project
evaluation strategies and how the project is being evaluated
considering the standard and quality of the project.
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
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References
Anbari F.T., Giammalvo P., Jaffe P., Letavec C., and Merchant R. (Date Unknown) “The Chunnel Project”. PMI Case Studies in Project Management.
http://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Academic/case%20studies/Chunnel%20Project.ashx Visited …../…/…
Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of
Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121
PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.
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