22.1 Introduction

• Library: Virginia Construction Law Deskbook (Virginia CLE) (2019 Ed.)

22.1 INTRODUCTION

Trial of a construction dispute is much like the trial of any other civil dispute involving a contract. In one fashion or another, whether the dispute involves a set of contract documents with general conditions, specifications, and plans that can total hundreds of pages, or a handshake in the field, there is a contract underlying it. Two parties reach an agreement—one to do something, the other to pay for it. The dispute generally revolves around what was agreed to be...