In an effort to save taxpayer dollars and ease an overburdened administrative and judicial court system, this report presents evidence to encourage the use of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) in construction contracting within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Information is presented detailing the primary factors that contribute to this expensive and overburdened system, including: costs associated with litigation, contractual document formation, experience level ofjunior project managers, and adversarial relationships that tend to develop between government agencies and construction contractors. Research on court cases and associated cost data was limited by geographical region, specifically, the Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Charleston, South Carolina. Also included is related information from the Department of Defense administrative hearing agency, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.

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