Abstract:
Adjudication is no longer new to the Sri Lankan construction
industry. Standard bidding documents incorporate adjudication as
a form of dispute resolution. However, sufficient attention has not
yet been given to its effective use. In Sri Lanka, there is no statutory
authority for adjudication, and the adjudicator’s award has no legal
recognition. This paper reviews current practice of construction
adjudication and offers a future direction. T-test was adopted to
gauge the perception of disputants towards the potentiality of
statutory adjudication. It was revealed that it is high time
adjudication received legal recognition. This study further makes
recommendations in order to make adjudication a method that is
more effective and efficient.
