Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry

Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry provides the first detailed review of multi-party arbitration in the international construction sector.

Highly practical in approach, the detailed interpretation and assessment of the arbitration of multi-party disputes will facilitate understanding and decision making by arbitrators, clients and construction contractors.

Auteur

Dimitar Kondev, Mag. Jur., LL.M. Ph.D. in Law, MCIArb, MIR, is a lawyer specializing in construction law and dispute resolution. He is an Associate in the International Arbitration Group of White & Case in Paris and a lecturer in International Construction Law at the Aarhus University, Denmark. His practice includes construction law in general, construction disputes and international commercial arbitration. He has experience in various sectors, including commercial development, energy and infrastructure. Dimitar has authored several articles published in the International Construction Law Review, Construction Law International and other journals. He is registered as dispute adjudicator under the Bulgarian list of FIDIC dispute adjudication experts (BACEA National List).

Résumé

Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry provides the first detailed review of multi-party arbitration in the international construction sector.
Highly practical in approach, the detailed interpretation and assessment of the arbitration of multi-party disputes will facilitate understanding and decision making by arbitrators, clients and construction contractors.

Contenu

About the Author x

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xv

List of Abbreviations xvi

1 Introduction 1

1.1 General background and research problem 1

1.2 Scope of the book, limitations and literature review 4

1.2.1 Scope of the book 4

1.2.2 Limitations 4

1.2.3 Literature review 5

1.3 Sources used 6

1.4 Structure of the book 9

1.5 Aims and contribution of the book 10

2 MultiParty Arbitration in General 11

2.1 Terminology notes 11

2.1.1 Definition of multiparty arbitration 11

2.1.2 Multiparty and multicontract arbitration: divergent or similar concepts? 12

2.1.3 Group of contracts doctrine 14

2.2 Legal techniques introducing multiparty arbitration 15

2.2.1 Single request for arbitration 16

2.2.2 Joinder 16

2.2.3 Intervention 16

2.2.4 Consolidation 17

2.3 Advantages of multiparty arbitration 18

2.3.1 Avoids risk of inconsistent findings 18

2.3.2 Less time and fewer costs 19

2.3.3 Fewer factual errors 20

2.4 Obstacles to multiparty arbitration 21

2.4.1 Consensual nature of arbitration 21

2.4.2 Arbitration as a twoparty setup 23

2.4.3 Arbitration as a confidential process 24

2.4.4 Setting aside proceedings and nonrecognition and / or nonenforcement of arbitral awards 26

2.4.5 Practical difficulties 30

3 The Need for MultiParty Arbitration in the Construction Sector 31

3.1 Specifics of construction disputes and construction arbitration 31

3.2 Introduction to international standard form construction agreements 33

3.2.1 FIDIC Conditions of Contract 33

3.2.2 NEC contracts 36

3.2.3 ICC contracts 37

3.2.4 ENAA model forms 38

3.2.5 IChemE contracts 39

3.2.6 PPC International and SPC International 39

3.3 Contractual structures in construction projects 40

3.3.1 'Buildonly' projects 40

3.3.2 'Designbuild' or 'turnkey' projects 41

3.3.3 Construction management 43

3.3.4 Management contracting 44

3.3.5 'Designbuildoperate' ('DBO') model 45

3.3.6 Partnering and alliancing 46

3.4 Parties' interests in multiparty arbitration 46

3.4.1 Employer 46

3.4.2 Contractor 51

3.4.3 Subcontractor 52

3.4.4 Designer 53

3.4.5 Engineer 54

3.4.6 Suppliers 56

3.4.7 Technical consultants 56

3.4.8 Guarantors 56

3.4.9 Concluding remarks 58

4 MultiParty Arbitration Solutions under Arbitration Rules 60

4.1 ICC Rules 61

4.1.1 Multicontract claims and prima facie assessment 62

4.1.2 Joinder 67

4.1.3 Consolidation 69

4.2 CEPANI Rules 71

4.2.1 Multiple parties and multicontract claims 71

4.2.2 Joinder and intervention 73

4.2.3 Consolidation 75

4.3 LCIA Rules 77

4.4 UNCITRAL Rules 80

4.5 Swiss Rules 84

4.5.1 Prima facie test 84

4.5.2 Consolidation 84

4.5.3 Joinder and intervention 88

4.6 Rules adopted by the American Arbitration Association ('AAA') 90

4.6.1 Construction Industry Arbitration Rules ('CIAR') 90

4.6.2 ICDR Rules 92

4.7 Vienna Rules 94

4.7.1 Joinder 95

4.7.2 Consolidation 98

4.8 DIS Arbitration Rules 99

4.9 SCC Rules 100

4.10 DIA Rules 101

4.11 Arbitration rules in Asia 102

4.11.1 CIETAC Rules 102

4.11.2 SIAC Rules 106

4.11.3 HKIAC Rules 109

4.11.4 JCAA Rules 114

4.12 Concluding remarks regarding arbitration rules 115

5 MultiParty Arbitration Solutions under Arbitration Laws 121

5.1 UNCITRAL Model Law 122 <p...