Construction disputes typically turn on delay and extension of time, valuation of variations and change orders, defects and quality claims, and payment disputes tied to milestone certification — all of which require a tribunal comfortable reading programme schedules, site records and technical reports, not only the underlying contract.
Standard form contracts common in Indian infrastructure and construction work (FIDIC-based and domestic equivalents) typically already contain a multi-tier clause — engineer's determination or dispute board first, arbitration as the final binding stage — so parties should check what pre-conditions their specific contract imposes before filing.
Because the record in a construction dispute is often voluminous — drawings, RFIs, site diaries, correspondence — institutional administration that keeps a single authoritative file materially reduces the risk of disputes about what was actually submitted and when.