Fast Track.

F-1. Applicability

Unless the parties or the AAA determine otherwise, these procedures shall apply in any case in which no party's total disclosed claim or counterclaim exceeds $50,000, exclusive of claimed interest, and arbitration fees and costs. Parties are encouraged to agree to use these procedures in cases involving more than $50,000. The procedures will not be applied, absent agreement by the parties, in cases in which there is no disclosed monetary claim or in any multi-party case. The Fast Track rules shall be applied as described herein, in addition to any other portion of the "Regular Track" rules that are not in conflict.

F-2. Limitation on Extensions

In the absence of extraordinary circumstances, the AAA may grant a party no more than one seven-day extension of the time in which to respond to the demand for arbitration or counterclaim as provided in Section F-5. In extraordinary instances, the AAA or the arbitrator may grant an additional extension.

F-3. Changes of Claim or Counterclaim

A claim or counterclaim may be increased in amount upon the agreement of the other party, or the consent of the arbitrator. No new or different claim may be submitted, however, once the time for filing an answer has expired.

If an increased claim or counterclaim exceeds $50,000, the case will be transferred to the Regular Track unless:

1 the party with the claim or counterclaim exceeding $50,000 agrees to waive any award exceeding that amount; or

2 all parties and the arbitrator agree that the case may remain in the Fast Track.

F-4. Communication of Notices

The parties shall accept all notices from the AAA by mail, overnight delivery, telephone or electronic facsimile ("fax"). Such notices by the AAA shall subsequently be confirmed in writing to the parties. Should there be a failure to confirm in writing any notice hereunder, the proceeding shall nonetheless be valid if notice has, in fact, been given by telephone. Where all parties and the arbitrator agree, notices may be transmitted by electronic mail ("E-mail"), or other method of communication.

F-5. Appointment and Qualification of Arbitrator

Immediately after the filing of (a) the submission or (b) the answering statement or the expiration of the time within which the answering statement is to be filed, the AAA will transmit to the parties a listing and biographical information from its roster of arbitrators knowledgeable in construction who are available for service in Fast Track cases. The parties are encouraged to agree to an arbitrator from this roster, and to advise the Association of their agreement, or any factual objections to any of the listed arbitrators, within seven (7) days of the AAA's transmission of the roster. The AAA will appoint the agreed-upon arbitrator, or in the event the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, will designate the arbitrator from among those names not stricken for factual objections.

The parties will be given notice by the AAA of the appointment of the arbitrator, who shall be subject to disqualification for the reasons specified in Section R-19 of the Regular Track portion of these rules. Within the time period established by the AAA, the parties shall notify the AAA of any objection to the arbitrator appointed. Any objection by a party to the arbitrator shall be for cause and shall be confirmed in writing to the AAA with a copy to the other party or parties.

F-6. Preliminary Telephone Conference