In re the Arbitration Between Board of Education & Heckler Electric Co.

In the Daedalian ■ labyrinth of “ contract documents ” that constitutes the agreement between petitioner and respondent lurks a contractual monstrosity equally as fabulous as the mythological Minotaur — the arbitration provisions of that agreement. Petitioner school board entered into an agreement with respondent, an electrical contractor, for the electrical work on 17 buildings constituting new junior and senior high schools. The contract documents include Drawings and Specifications, Notice to Contractors, Instructions to Bidders, Proposal, Contract, General Conditions Governing All…