The construction and engineering industry is one made up of huge financial contracts and work agreements. These building contracts are veritable breeding-grounds for disputes between employers, contractors and professional advisers or between contractors and sub-contractors. At IPOS Mediation we work to resolve your disputes with outstanding efficiency.
Our specialist mediators are often asked to help resolve anything from domestic building contracts to massive infrastructure projects in both the private and public sectors, sometimes involving PFIs and PPPs.
Our wide range of construction and engineering mediation services include:
Time and delay claims
Liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs)
Payment and defects disputes
Contractual differences and breaches
Sub-contractor, consultant and supply chain issues
Project management issues
Design failures
Financial disputes are one of the main issues in construction conflicts. In these situations, the monetary issues experienced by one or both parties means that a cost-effective solution is imperative. Mediation is a low cost alternative to court, and is also time-effective, saving valuable resources which can be channelled back into your construction project.
Traditionally, litigation and arbitration have been the principal routes to resolution, and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act, 1996, added Adjudication to this list: a quick and effective means of obtaining a preliminary ruling. However, mediation has an important role in providing a structured forum for commercial negotiation in which the parties themselves remain in control.
Mediation offers a faster, more cost-effective and commercially sensible way to resolve construction and engineering disputes while preserving critical working relationships. It allows parties to move beyond entrenched positions and explore practical, project-focused solutions that courts or tribunals may not be able to impose, such as revised programmes, staged payments or technical clarifications. With a neutral mediator facilitating constructive dialogue with multiple parties, disputes can be resolved confidentially, flexibly and with far greater control over outcome, enabling projects and businesses to move forward with minimal disruption.
We have access to a leading number of mediators with depth of expertise in the industry, meaning we can place you with the ideal mediator to suit your needs. By utilising our mediation services in the early stage of a dispute, you can minimise the impact on your project and the risk of potential future disputes. Trusting in our specialist team gives you peace of mind – our mediators will design the right process to settle your dispute before it escalates into the courts.
For many construction firms, it’s vital that large-scale projects are completed smoothly, without interruptions. That’s why we provide an expert service that works to prevent issues before they escalate. We can design a Project Mediation, where a mediator is embedded in a construction project to provide ongoing advice and resolution of disputes as they arise.
Explore individual mediators below or contact us to discuss the best mediator for your dispute.
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