CLAIMS AVOIDANCE / DISPUTE RESOLUTION

When your construction project is in dispute, choosing a knowledgeable and objective construction claims consultant can make all the difference between success and failure. Disputes easily escalate into costly litigation with extraordinary financial ramifications. With the consequences so high, you want to make the right moves. WHI’s experts provide a wealth of knowledge from their construction dispute resolution and construction claims experience, bringing more than four decades of successful interventions to the table. Our skills and objectivity in analyzing project delays, change-order costs, and quality defects will benefit your party at any point throughout a dispute.

Unfortunately, many clients turn to WHI after the dispute has escalated. WHI is most valuable at the early stages of a dispute, from which point we can guide you through a resolution to the most optimum outcome.

WHI reviews the facts from an independent position, and suggests the best course of action to minimize or resolve the dispute. With the high costs of litigation, many of our clients opt for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Many of WHI’s consultants have hands-on ADR experience as arbitrators and mediators.

WHI’s independent position in a situation allows us to review the facts and form opinions without bias. Often in disputes which develop over a period of years, the ability to reason is impaired. Rationalization, reinforced by pre-drawn conclusions, precludes the involved parties from accurately determining responsibility.

WHI’s independent position in a situation allows our consultants to review facts and form opinions without bias.  Often in disputes which develop over a period of years, the ability to reason is impaired.  Rationalization, reinforced by pre-drawn conclusions, precludes the involved parties from accurately determining responsibility.

WHI will help determine what went wrong on a project. Our consultants apply their experience and extensive construction knowledge to analyze the particular facts regarding a project and assess the causes of project delays, excessive change-order costs, or construction defects.  This process allows us to access responsibility, and determine if, and to what extent, a claim is worth pursuing.

Arbitration, mediation and negotiations are common forms of dispute resolution techniques used in the construction industry but contractors, attorneys and designers involved in ADR sometimes forget that ADR is not litigation. Success in ADR requires different skills, preparation, and presentation than are used in courts of law.

WHI has “hands-on” ADR experience participating in the presentation of thousands of disputes. Our consultants regularly sit as arbitrators, mediators and/or negotiators giving us a perspective not shared by others involved in the dispute resolution process. We know how to prepare, present, explain and resolve disputes better than anyone in the industry.

Construction Claims Analysis without bias can determine strong points and weak ones. By emphasizing assets and neutralizing liabilities, possibilities for satisfactory resolutions are increased. Through careful analysis of the facts, WHI will determine what went wrong on your project allowing us to assess responsibility and determine if, and to what extent, a claim is worth pursuing.

WHI Construction Consultants will calculate damages incurred by either party to assert claims or refute opposing party claims. We will help you formulate a realistic approach to recouping damages, which can then be substantiated through a trial or in arbitration/mediation.

WHI Construction Consultants will calculate damages incurred by either party to assert claims or refute opposing party claims. We will help you formulate a realistic approach to recouping damages, which can then be substantiated through a trial or in arbitration/mediation.