Alden Elementary School Claim

Project Name: Alden Elementary School
Location: Duxbury, MA
General Contractor: Peabody Construction Co., Inc. (PCC)
Project Value: $22,279,219
Project Owner: Town of Duxbury Public School District
Architect: DRA, Inc.

JGCMI Claim Involvement:

  • Dispute resolution through negotiated settlements of five Subcontractor surety payment bond claims totaling $656,000
    • Analyze the dispute by separating it into – issue by issue, fact by fact, and event by event in order to assess the responsibility, causation and damage components of the dispute
    • Complete account reconciliation, prepare settlement options and participate in settlement discussions
  • Prepared for and participated in a dispute resolution mediation for a $2.1 million Subcontractor dispute that settled for $1 million
    • Collaborate with legal counsel on developing mediation strategy, assist in the decision making process, and help determine the best plan for mediating the dispute
    • Gather and help reproduce all of the pertinent documents and organize it into a meaningful data base of core information
    • Assist in the preparation of joint pre-trial memorandum, mediation statement and answering interrogatories
    • Present CPM delay analysis confirming subcontractor performance delay
    • Complete account reconciliation, prepare settlement options and participate in mediation presentation/discussions