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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991
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THE MEDIATION PROCESS REQUIRES NOTIFICATION BY ONE DISPUTE OF AN AGREEMENT TO GO TO MEDIATION, THE APPOINTMENT OF Å
WHO INVESTIGATES THE MUTUALLY AGREED NEUTRAL MEDIATOR FINALLY ASSISTS THE TWO PARTIES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT.
DISPUTE ÅND
THE WHOLE PROCEDURE IS CARRIED OUT TO À
TO A TIMETABLE SO THE DANGER OF COST DISPUTE 19 RESOLVED WHILE WORK PROCEEDS REDUCING THE
PAYMENT AFTER THE PROJECT OVER-RUNS THROUGH CLAIMS FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLETION, THUS HELPING BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND THE CONTRACTOR TO KEEP BETTER FINANCIAL CONTROL OF THE PROJECT.
SECOND MR CORSER EXPLAINED THAT "MINI-TRIAL" WAS THE
PRESENTED THEIR
FORM OF
CASE IN A "MOCK"
ADR WHEN BOTH SIDES OF DISPUTE COURTROOM TO A BOARD OF A NEUTRAL MEDIÁTOR AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE CONTESTANTS.
AFTER PRESENTING THEIR CASES, EXPERIENCE
MEDIÁTOR,
THE
THE IN PERSON WITH CONSIDERABLE ADVISES THE INDUSTRIES TO FIND A FAIR SOLUTION.
SAID
BE A WHO WILL BE INDUSTRY, ASSISTS AND
ÁRRÅNGED BY THE OF THE ONLY TWO IN WHO WAS CONTRACTOR REGARDING WHO INCURRED DURING A PROJECT
HE
A "MINI-TRIAL" RECENTLY IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS ONE
A KONG,
WITH DISAGREEMENT
A EXPENSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL FAIRLY RESOLVED.
HONG
WAS
"THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH THE TWO DIRECTORS SHARING HANDS WHEN THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, HE ADDED.
"
REGARDING THE USE OF A "DISPUTE RESOLUTION ADVISOR", MR CORYER IN SAID THE PROCESS AGAIN INVOLVED A NEUTRAL PARTY WHO WAS AN EXPERT
THE CONSTRUCTION APPOINTED AT
BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT AND
AND WAY AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROJECT TO HELP RESOLVE DISPUTES.
HE ALSO HAS THE JOB OF FORESEEING POTENTIAL DISPUTES BEFORE
THEM. THEY ARISE AND ADVISING HOW TO AVOID
IF DISPUTES ARISE, THE AND DISCUSSION
MEDIATION PROCESS PROCEEDS TO A FIXED TIMÉTÁBLE ENSURING DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED BEFORE THE END OF THE PROJECT.
MR CORSER SAID A SIMILAR SYSTEM HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE U.S. ON MAJOR ENGINEERING CONTRACTS FOR WHICH A SURVEY SHOWED ALMOST 100 PER CENT OF DISPUTES WERE RESOLVED WITHOUT ARBITRATION OR GOING TO THE COURTS.
MR CORSER NOTED THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS
THE TENDERED OVER
NEXT CONTROL OF HIS DEPARTMENT TO BE WOULD INCLUDE MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF THE MAIN BLOCK OF HOSPITAL, THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET AND THE WONG COMPLEX FOR THE ELDERLY,
UNDER THE 18 MONTHS QUEEN MARY CHUK HANG
ADVISOR" WOULD BE
RESOLUTION HE SAID THE METHOD OF "DISPUTE USED ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE REFURBISHMENT AND MODERNISATION OF THE
OF OLD CENTRAL BLOCK
QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL INCLUDING PROVISION AIR-CONDITIONING TO THE WARDS, WHICH WAS NOW BEING TENDERED.
OF
/AS PARTS