Comments on: Personal Thoughts on Construction Mediation

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By: Construction Practice 101

Construction Practice 101 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:04:23 +0000

Class 8: Mediation…

This month’s class is on a topic near and dear to my heart: Mediation. For more of my thoughts on this great topic, check out my blog here. Basically, mediation works and lets business folks (in this case contractors) make business decisions a…..

By: nikkifwd (Nikki Chen)

nikkifwd (Nikki Chen) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:16:41 +0000

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By: Christopher G. Hill

Christopher G. Hill — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:34:30 +0000

Thanks for your continued contributions Tim. I appreciate your joining the conversation!
Christopher G. Hill´s last blog post ..Looking at Construction Cases “De Novo”- An Apellate Perspective

By: Timothy R. Hughes

Timothy R. Hughes — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:37:54 +0000

I think you are on to something very fundamental with your last comment Chris. Sometimes in our type of cases, that is less apparent – fights and misunderstandings are part of the business and economics of construction, so this process is way more typical.

You get outside that type of milieu and even considering sitting down across the table to talk resolution can be an epic paradigm shift.
Timothy R. Hughes´s last blog post ..Are You Sure You Really Want to Sign that Petition?

By: Christopher G. Hill

Christopher G. Hill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:50:12 +0000

Thanks for the contribution to the discussion Tim. I agree. Many times, just taking that first step is the big one psychologically.

By: Timothy R. Hughes

Timothy R. Hughes — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:43:28 +0000

Good post and one I fully agree with (as you know!). I am a huge fan of mediation.

Even mediations that go very badly are instructive and the overwhelming majority of cases that mediate settle either during the mediation or soon after as a direct result of the progress of the discussions.
Timothy R. Hughes´s last blog post ..Drywall Claims: New Testing Data, and is US Drywall a Problem Too?

By: Christopher G. Hill

Christopher G. Hill — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:36:24 +0000

Thanks for the comment Adam and thanks for your mention in your post today.

By: Adam Baker

Adam Baker — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:35:00 +0000

I am but a humble student, but I have to say that I am on board the mediation boat too. Another advantage of mediation is not only the possibility of avoiding the time-and-money expense of weeks of trial, as Ron has said, but redirecting that opportunity cost back into actual productive pursuits.

Thanks for this post.

By: Mediation is good business

Mediation is good business — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:24:58 +0000

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