Beyt, Rish, Robbins Group, Architects v. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.

DYCHE, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the timeliness of a demand for arbitration is for the courts or the arbitrators to decide; on cross-appeal, the question is whether it was error for the trial court to refuse to consolidate arbitration proceedings between the owner, architect and construction manager involved in the erection of a hospital building. Finding that the trial court was correct in its ruling on the first issue, we affirm; we dismiss the cross-appeal.

This dispute arose following the completion of Appalachian Regional Healthcare’s [“ARH”] new facility in Hazard. The…