Originally from Dispute Resolution Journal

In this article, the author, an area engineer for the Federal Highway Administration, describes Washington State's experiences using Dispute Review Boards (ORBs) to resolve ongoing claims in construction contract projects.

Initiated by the tunneling industry for underground construction, with its high risks and potential for claims, such boards are now widely used in other construction areas as well, such as bridges and highways. As this article illustrates, with an actual case as a sample, ORBs have had a high success rate for resolving all claims in the projects for which they have been used to date.