Introduction
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") released
its first report on construction industry arbitrations in 2001 with
the aim to provide effective tools and techniques for these complex
disputes. In 2019, to reflect the new ICC Arbitration Rules current
as of 1 March 2017, and the new developments in the construction
industry1, the ICC
Commission on Arbitration and the ADR revised and published its
report entitled Construction Industry Arbitrations: Recommended
Tools and Techniques for Effective Management of Arbitrations (the
"Report").
The Report intends to provide balanced approaches for both
common law and civil law jurisdictions and, therefore, does not
list resolutions for universal application.2 It
underlines that the procedures used in construction arbitrations
should be fast and cost-effective, and the tribunals should apply
the procedural rules that will best serve this purpose.
