ABSTRACT
Certain aspects of the construction process make the performance of construction contracts intrinsically prone to disputes, e.g. new materials and construction techniques, multiorganizational participation, uncertainty in the physical and commercial environments within which they have to be performed, variability in human performance, and low margins. This reality of disputes is recognized in the JCT 98 by way of provisions on how they are to be resolved if they arise. The aim in this chapter is to explain these provisions.
