Trent Cotney is a partner and Construction Practice Group Leader at the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP and NRCA General Counsel. For more information on this subject, please contact the author at trent.cotney@arlaw.com.
With increasing regularity, construction
contracts are providing for the resolution of disputes through arbitration,
rather than litigation through the court system. For example, the American
Institute of Architects (AIA) 1987 and 1997 contracts contain a provision which
requires arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (AAA).