Touch wood, after many years in quantity surveying, Buildt has never reached a full-blown dispute – or been engaged to deal with one. Fortunately, we’ve always used our skills and experience to defuse and resolve issues before they became formal disputes. It’s an achievement we’re proud of. Our clients appreciate it too, because disputes always cost time and money.
We don’t currently offer dispute resolution as a standalone service. However, if you’ve found this page while searching for a construction dispute resolution specialist on a one-off basis we may be able to recommend someone suitable.
And of course, now or in future, we can help with any of the quantity surveying services that we do offer…
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More on dispute avoidance and resolution
If you face a one-off contractual project dispute or want to minimise the likelihood of disputes, a specialist can be a cost-effective investment.
They’ll understand the damage disputes do to working relationships and the value in keeping discussions moving and maintaining relationships. Any dispute involves costs, but skilled practitioners should be able to minimise these while achieving resolution that’s as close as possible to win-win on the way to successful project completion.
Construction dispute resolution services
When choosing a specialist partner look for experience delivering services such as these:
- Fact finding
- Appraisal
- Letter writing
- Dispute or claim negotiation
- Consensus building for win-win outcomes
- Maintaining business relationships
- Managing extension of time claims
- Drafting settlement agreements
Understanding complex contractual contracts
For your team, bringing an independent specialist on board adds another dimension to understanding the complexities of construction contracts. They’ll typically be an experienced, sitewise, professional surveyor who’s abreast of developments. Naturally, they’ll understand how construction projects work – and how they can go wrong. Best of all, good dispute resolution experts can often resolve issues before they reach formal adjudication or beyond…
As a main contractor or subcontractor, you know how disputes, formal adjudication and litigation slow projects or emerge post-contract. Regardless of timing, they're inevitably costly. Running projects is much easier if contract issues are sorted at an early stage – or resolved quickly and fairly if they escalate. Skilled specialists keep projects moving forward smoothly, without delay or dispute. Everyone wins.
Prevention beats cure
Having worked at the sharp end of building and construction surveying since the 1990s, we know that prevention always trumps curing ‘live’ disputes. That’s why appointing a specialist is a wise investment to avoid disputes and free you to focus on other project management issues.
Experienced dispute resolution partners bring knowledge, confidence, pragmatism and assertiveness to protecting your interests. They keep options and lines of communication open while pursuing successful dispute resolution. And they have the interpersonal and organisational skills to maintain trust on both sides, while avoiding unnecessary escalation. It’s all about combining diplomacy with toughness that won’t cave in when the pressure’s on!
Keeping projects moving forward smoothly
It could be avoiding (or resolving) subcontractor disputes, or achieving fair outcomes with main contractors. Either way, excellent dispute resolution keeps projects moving smoothly, avoids or solves problems, and preserves hard-won relationships. And all the time it’s moving everyone towards successful project completion.
From experience, even in hard-nosed building and construction, the mutual acceptability of win:win is achievable more often than people imagine.
How can we help?
Although Buildt has extensive dispute resolution skills and experience, we can honestly say we’ve never had to resort to formal dispute resolution. Instead, we’ve always been able to resolve contractual differences for clients before it came to that.
We don’t offer a standalone construction dispute resolution service. But if you really need this, please contact us because we may be able to recommend someone suitable. And of course, we’re here to help with any of the quantity surveying services that we do offer…
Please call 01483 853 149 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
