Research On Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Of Cost Engineering Consultation Company

With the cost engineering disputes increasing and the shortcomings of litigation exposed, the need of the pluralistic dispute resolution method grows more and more strongly. It is necessary to set up ADR mechanism for the cost engineering development. In this mechanism, the body and method of participation for ADR are very important problems to study.The thesis introduces ADR into construction industry. And from the angle of cost engineering consultation company, the feasibility of developing ADR business and access to the routing is analyzed.In this thesis, comparative study method, benchmarking management and SWOT analysis tool are used, and the key problems are solved from the aspects as follows:Firstly, based on systematically analyses of dispute resolutions in construction industry at home and abroad, ADR is introduced, and the advanced nature and the essence of the efficiency of ADR is analyzed with the Principal-Agent theory and Transaction Cost Theory. In addition, the key success factors are studied. All of these make theory introduction for ADR mechanism.Secondly, taking Hong Kong's Davis Langdon and Seah and Levett and Belly as practical benchmark, two key conditions are summarized for cost engineering consultation companies to develop ADR business: the laws on macro-economic policy guidance and the micro-level for employees in improving the quality; SWOT is used to analyze external environment and internal environment of the cost engineering consultation company for developing ADR business. Through comparing with key terms, the possibility of cost engineering consultation company is demonstrated to develop ADR business.Thirdly, on the basis of the study on ADR at home and abroad, three models for ADR mechanism in China are summarized: the Court-annexed Model, the Contract Text Model and Loose Model. Through the identity and quality analysis of the three modles, it shows that the cost engineers can participate in ADR business as interceder, DAB or DBR member. Then, advices are put forward to establish ADR mechanisms from the angle of policy support of the government, personnel and organizations reform and so on.Finally, the ADR process for cost engineering consultations company to develop is discussed with a case.