This case study is one segment in the secondphase of a project,initiated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1986, to document how Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR) can be used by Corps District offices to minimize the enormouscosts associated with disputes that arise between Corps District offices and privatecorporations. By publishing and distributing pamphlets about different types of ADR processes as well as about past cases in whichADR has been used successfully, the Corps' Office of Chief Counsel has been encouraging its use since 1984.
