Partnering
The above photo is the Golden Gate Bridge under construction in January of 1934
PARTNERING is a dispute prevention process, utilized primarily in the construction industry, that is used to help project stakeholders avoid conflict and resolve problems before they become disputes. The partnering process starts at a retreat that is normally held in the early stages of the project and is facilitated and managed by a neutral facilitation team.
JBI offers mediation, arbitration, and partnering services to its clients. Jim Bidwell has participated as mediator, arbitrator, advocate or claims analyst and expert witness in well over one hundred arbitration and mediation proceedings in cases involving construction disputes. Mr. Bidwell has participated in cases ranging in size from $20,000 to more than $6,000,000. In the first international commercial mediation effort in Honolulu, involving a sovereign nation's resolution of a business dispute, he was successful, in a mediation that lasted twenty hours, in settling the dispute and saving the parties an estimated $500,000 in additional attorney's fees and at least a month of adversary proceedings.
Mr. Bidwell serves as a neutral for the Distinguished Panel of Neutrals for Dispute Prevention & Resolution and on the Construction and Commercial Panels of the American Arbitration Association.
If you have any questions regarding our assistance with preparation or presentation of your construction claim at arbitration or mediation or Mr. Bidwell's availability as a Mediator or an Arbitrator or to assist you in the formation of a partnering retreat, then contact us at jim@jimbidwell.net (Mr. James K. Bidwell)
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Jim Bidwell, Inc.
2827 8th Street
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
Telephone: 330-923-6817
FAX: 330-923-8947
Email: jim@jimbidwell.net