In construction, a dispute that reaches formal proceedings has already failed the project.

Construction disputes are preventable. Not always, but in the vast majority of cases — the seeds of the dispute were visible weeks or months before the formal claim. A scope change not properly documented. A delay attribution contested but not immediately resolved. A payment withheld without a clear written position. These are the micro-events that GBI™ identifies — and that a standing neutral or dispute board catches before they become claims.

TheNeutrals.ORG™ takes a prevention-first position for construction. Dispute Review Boards and Standing Neutrals are deployed at contract execution. INDS™-powered Independent Neutral Evaluation is available immediately when friction emerges. Expert Determination provides fast, binding technical rulings on specific questions. Arbitration — FICM-certified, New York Convention enforceable — is available when everything else has been tried.

Our construction neutrals include engineers, quantity surveyors, project managers, and construction lawyers — specialists who understand NEC, FIDIC, JCT, and the commercial realities of major projects.