Bacon Construction Company, Inc. v. Department of Public Works

Summary

The court affirmed confirmation of an arbitration award arising from a public works contract. Although courts ordinarily have primary authority to decide whether statutory conditions to arbitration are satisfied, the defendant waived judicial review by expressly submitting arbitrability and sovereign-immunity defenses to the arbitrator for final determination. The court therefore accepted the arbitrator's conclusion that the claims were timely and arbitrable and rejected the related challenges to confirmation.