Energy
Waste
Water and Sewage
Transport
Green Blue
Buildings & land use
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Tool summary

Name of the tool
Dispute Resolution Ladder

Description of the tool
Designed to prevent disagreements between partners from holding up a development, the Dispute Resolution Ladder exists in the form of a flow chart . The ladder ensures that minor problems do not escalate into damaging disputes.

The stages of the ´ladder´ have to be agreed upon by all partners and it then becomes a mechanism to enable decisions to be taken quickly and effectively. The concept involves quick identification of a conflict and parties involved to solve the problem in order to maintain project momentum.

A standard version of the tool (a Problem Resolution Flow Chart) has been produced by Constructing Excellence, a UK Government funded organisation working to improve the construction industry.

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Problem Resolution Flow Chart
From: Constructing Excellence (2004) Partnering http://www.constructingexcellence.org.uk/pdf/fact_sheet/partnering.pdf

Specific topic
Dispute resolution

Sector/s of use

Waste

Energy

Water

Transport

Green/Blue

Building & Land use

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1

1

1

1

1

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component

Building

Neighbourhood

City

Region

1

1

1

1

1