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Dispute Adjudication in Civil Law Countries: Phantom or Effective Dispute Resolution Method? By Dr. Gotz-Sebastian Hok
- Florida Court Bars Multiple Litigation of Multiple Claims by Robert J. Robertory
- AMEC Civil, LLC v. State of Fla.
Articles from the August 2011 issue of the Forum:
- Friday
- Session 1 -
- What Users Expect from Dispute Resolution, Chair: Romano Allione
- The DB Process Romano Allione, Past President of DRBF Executive Board ofDirectors
- The Employer's View Levent Irmak, Consulting Engineer and DRBF Country Representative
- The Contractor's View Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Wiesner, Head of the Department for Construction Economics, A. Porr AG
- The Contractor's View Volker Mahnken, Senior Litigation Counsel, Siemens AG
- The Engineer's View Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Wenzel, President, Vienna Consulting Engineers
- The Financing Institutions' View Albert Stocker, Consultant
- Session 2 - Dispute Resolution in the Region: Past & Future, Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Marcus Theil Austria
- Austria Prof. Dr. Alfons Huber, Austrian Society for Construction Law Switzerland Dipl.-Ing. Michel Nardin, Senior Partner, PMG Consulting Engineers & Economists
- Germany DRBF Country Representative Germany Dr. Helmut Koentges, International Project Management
- Site Visit - Vienna Main Station Dl Heinz Gschnitzer
- Saturday
- Session 3
- The Context of DB Procedures, Chair: David Brown, Partner, Clyde & Co. LLP
- The Legal Context Prof. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Zufferey, University of Fribourg
- Comparison with other Dispute Preventing and Resolution Tools Dr. Andreas Reiner, Senior Partner, ARP
- Enforcement and Challenging of DB Decisions Nicholas Gould, Partner, Fenwick Elliott LLP and President of DRBF
- Region 2 Board of Directors
- Certain Challenges in Using Dispute Boards Anna Cusnir, LL.M. Associate, Schoenherr i Asociabii
- Some Special Legal Aspects regarding Adjudication in Germany Michael Halstenberg, Ministerial Director
(rtd), Senior Counsel
- Critical Issues in Dispute Boards Dipl.-Ing. Pierre M. Genton
- Efficient Use of Dispute Boards: The Pre-DB Phase Jean-Christophe Honlet, Partner, Salans
- Session 4 - Experiences and Lessons to be Learned, James Perry, Civil Engineer and Lawyer, Member of the DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors
- The Marmaray-Tunnel Experience Levent Irmak, Consulting Engineer and DRBF Country Representative
- The CERN Experience Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Walter Purrer, University of Innsbruck
- The Panama Canal Experience Dipl.-Ing. Pierre M. Genton
- Delegate List
DRBF Regional Conference - Vienna
- Conference Report and Photos by Jim Brady.
- Modest Proposals for DRBF Model Specification and Three-Party Agreement by Steve Goldblatt and Robert Rubin
- 2010 Survey Results by the Manual Committee: Joe Sperry, Bill Baker, Pete Douglass and Bill Edgerton
- Ethics: Separating the Black & White from the Gray by James D. Phillips J.D. Ph.D.
- Overview of the US Energy Industry by Dr. Lester Lave
- Renewable Energy by Steven A. Shapiro
- Nuclear Energy Sector by Carl Sundstrom
- High Voltage Transmission Projects by Duncan MacKay
- Coca Codo Sinclair HEP, Ecuador by Volker Jurowich
- Success of DRBs in Florida by Ralph Ellis P.E. Ph. D.
- African Power Generation Project: Bujagali Hydroelectric Project by Robert Smith
- Charleston Wastewater Tunnel Replacement Project by Larry Drolet
- Dispute Review Boards by Ken Lewaine
- The Marmaray Project by Levent Irmak
- John James Audubon Bridge by Stephen Spohrer, PE
- MTA Capital Construction's Use of Dispute Review Boards by Ken Lewaine
Delegate List
DRBF 14th Annual Meeting & Conference
- DAB Establishment and Responsibilities - Nabil Abbas
- Procedure-How Proactive Should a DB be to Find the Truth? - Anthony Albertini
- Referrals, Position Papers, & Evidence - What do DBs Want? - Anthony Albertini
- The Role of Balanced Contracts in Preventing Disputes - Boiana Berchi
- Current Thinking-DRBs vs. DABs, Ad Hoc vs. Standing - David Brown
- Records - Stefan Ciobotarenco
- Dispute Prevention - The Role of the DB and Other Factors - James Dow
Informal Advice and Opinions - Dispute Prevention in Practice - Nigel Grout
- Claims & Dispute Management - A Proactive Approach to an Effective DAB! - Leo Grutters
- Programmes - Sorin Ionescu
- Selection and Appointment of DBs - Sorin Ionescu
- Procedural Rules - Volker Jurowich
- Dispute Boards and Dispute Prevention - Marius Lancranjan
- FIDIC in Romania and the Region - Florin Niculescu
- Paying for DBs - Florin Niculescu
- DAB Establishment and Responsibilities - Alina Oprea
- Dispute Prevention - 6 Golden Rules - Alina Oprea
- The Role of the Parties - Bogdan Oprea
- Dispute Adjudication Boards - Bogdan Oprea
- Dispute Resolution in Romania and the Region - Alina Oprea
- What is a Dispute? - Bogdan Oprea
- Experiences with DBS in relationship contracts in Australia - Graeme Peck & Alan McLennan
- Claims and Disputes Under FIDIC Contracts in Bulgaria - Adriana Spassova
- Site Visits - Experiences and Case Studies - Marcus Theil
DRBF Bucharest Regional Conference 2010
DRBF Regional Conference and Workshop - Bucharest 2009
The following presentations should be added to the conference proceedings flash drive given to all participants.
- Dispute Prevention Techniques - Gwyn Owen
- Tenders & Contract Documents - Peter Elliott
- Best Use of Dispute Boards - Jim Brady
- Balanced Contracts - Radu Baruta and Alina Oprea - English or Romanian
- Use of DAB in Publicly Funded Contracts in Romania - Mircea Tenovici
- Presentation to Dispute Boards - Gwyn Owen
- Presenting to a Single Member Dispute Board - Chris Miers
- FIDIC International Best Practice - Enrico Vink
DRBF Annual Meeting and Conference 2009
Participants at the 13th Annual Meeting and Conference in Houston, Texas received a flash drive with conference proceeding preloaded. The following presentations were not available at the time the drives were produced, and should be downloaded and added to the drives:
- Writing DRB Recommendations by Ralph Ellis, Ph.D., P.E.
- ADR-Recent Developments in (and out of) Texas by Curtis Martin
- Vertical Construction Panel Discussion by Roger Brown
- The Need for Speed - Fast Draw DRBs - Rick Reed
- Three Ways - Is There A Best Way? By Kathleen Barnes and Joseph Guarino
DRBF International Conference 2009
- The following presentations were given at the 9th Annual International Conference in London, United Kingdom.
- Operating DBs in Civil Law Countries by Júlio César Bueno
- The Use of DBs in Special Purpose Contracts in Australia and New Zealand by G Easton, R Finlay, G Peck
- Operating DBs in Civil Law Countries by Marc FRILET
- DBs in North Africa and the Near East by Emhemmed Ghula
- FIDIC Applications & Dispute Resolution in Turkey by Levent Irmak
- DRBF Goes Global by Volker Jurowich
- London's Big Projects by Douglas Oakervee
- Using DBs in Eastern Europe by Alina Oprea
- DAB Decisions: Bound to pay? How enforceable are DAB decisions? How enforceable should they be? How should they be enforced? by Christopher R. Seppälä
- The DB Format in Brazil: Challenges and Perspectives by GILBERTO JOSÉ VAZ
DRBF International Conference 2008
- The following presentations were given at the 8th Annual International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Multination Development Banks and Dispute Resolution by Ahmed Benbarka
- QIT Madagascar Minerals - Port d'Ehoala by Chris Beaumont
- The Different Types of Dispute Boards by Jean-Francois Boucly
- Dispute Boards Experience in Francophone Africa by David Brown
- Constituting a DB Under MDB/FIDIC by Cyril Chern
- Dispute Boards in Africa (English or French) by Dr. Gaston Kenfack Douajni
- Practical Situation in Francophone Countries and Perspectives by Marc Frilet
- The Costs of Dispute Boards by Nicholas Gould
- Dispute Avoidance, What Does the Process Offer? by Gordon Jaynes
- Dispute Boards and the Southern African Water Infrastructure Sector by David Keyser
- ICC Dispute Resolution Services: Dispute Boards by Melanie Meilhac
- The DB Process in Anglophone Africa by Paul Taggart
By request! Solutions to the exercises presented in the Delay Analysis and Extensions of Time session of the workshop by Marianne Ramey
DRBF Annual Meeting and Conference 2007
- The following presentations were given at the 11th Annual Meeting and Conference in San Diego, California.
- Practical Experience with International Boards by Romano Allione
- Dispute Resolution on the International Construction Scene by Dick Appuhn
- An American's Perspective on International DRBs by Jim Brady
- The City of San Francisco's Use of DRBs by Harvey Elwin
- Maximizing the Value of DRBs by Ferdinand Fourie
- Why the Water Authority Chose DRBs by J. Wade Griffis
- DRBs - The Pubic Owner's Perspective by Ken Lewaine
- DRBF Ten Year Plan by Harold McKittrick
- Mentoring by Gwyn Owen
- Caltrans by Bob Pieplow
- DRBs and the Skills of the Mediator: Key Questions by Tom Stipanowich
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Manager by Henry Wells
Dispute Review Boards (DRBs): Real Time Avoidance and Resolution of Construction Disputes to be published in Northwest Construction, April 2005
The 2006 Annual Meeting and Conference and the 2006 International Conferences offered diverse, informative and thought-provoking dialog on the use of DRBs and DBs around the world. Click here to read conference reports and download copies of the presentations made at the conferences.
Members are encouraged to use the DRB PowerPoint document for presentations to owners or potential members interested in learning more about the DRB process and the Foundation.
The DRBF has a professional trade booth display which members may use when promoting the organization at industry meetings, conventions, or trade shows. It can be used as a table top display or full backdrop for a 10X10 booth, and is easily assembled. For more information, contact the DRBF main office.
Check back soon for articles previously published about DRBs. If you have an article or white paper you'd like to share with other DRBF members, send it to the DRBF at info@drb.org.