اختلاف و دعاوی در ساخت و ساز

ریشه اختلاف

• در هنگام قرارداد، محصول ساخته نشده و شمایل آن از طریق نقشه‌ها و مشخصات بیان می‌شود که با نواقص و کاستی‌هایی همراه است
• این نواقص اختلاف در تفسیر به وجود می‌آورد
• هر نقطه مبهم در قرارداد فرصت را برای افزودن جزئیات غیرقابل‌پیش‌بینی فراهم می‌آورد

مثال بروز اختلاف

Some changes alter the entire direction of the work, while others create repercussions that ripple through activities for months into the future. For example, the owner issues a change in the paint specified for the guardrails on the highway bridge. The contractor agrees to the change with a marginal cost adjustment for the paint. The contractor applies the new paint, but within weeks it begins to chip and peel. Over the next month, the contractor reapplies the paint several times using a variety of methods, all without success. Finally, the owner amends the change and instructs the contractor to readopt the original paint specification. By this time, however, cold weather has suspended painting operations for the winter, and project completion is delayed until spring. Under such circumstances, the contractor’s original change order price was wholly inadequate to cover the full impact of the change. Additionally, due to the consequential effect of this change, the contractor is unable to identify and quantify the full magnitude of its impact until the project is completed. The contractor must notify the owner immediately of its intent to claim for the ongoing impact and carefully document the claim. Once the project is complete or the full impact of the change is realized, an analytical schedule is prepared to determine the cause, liability, impact, and cost of the change.