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Dawson Jenner

Specialist Mediator, Adjudicator and Arbitrator to the Construction and Engineering Industry

Construction Adjudication Awards – “We can't avoid reasoning”

“We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well” – Peter Kreeft Recently I was involved in an adjudication which, after reading the final award, »

A Simple Road Map (Template) for Construction Claims

He Who Alleges Must Prove In perusing a claim for additional time and/or costs under any of the four CIDB approved contracts, and generally in »

4 Steps to Successfully Negotiate your next Construction Claim/Dispute

Negotiation – we all do it – and the construction industry has a tendency to do it rather poorly. Having acted for both the client and contractor it »

Negotiation: The 5 steps to identifying the others sides underlying motives

Positions vs. Interests – what are they and why do they matter? The primary failure I see when parties approach a negotiation is the wholesale failure to »

Step 2: Opening Negotiations the Right Way

Introduction to Opening While an understanding of the 5 phases of negotiation is key to achieving the oft referred to “win-win” negotiation the dilemma exists of »