“Learn How To Avoid The Dispute Or Learn How To Win Your Claim”

BottomLine clients can benefit most by employing our services before a potential problem becomes a dispute that escalates to a costly claim. Our diversified “Hands-On” management skills and experience in analyzing the contributing factors which give rise to a dispute provide every client the best chance for early resolution at minimal or no cost.

BottomLine experts know construction, have experienced every imaginable problem and are proficient in problem solving and negotiating settlements.

Your supervisors and managers will learn from the masters all of the techniques for potential problem identification and for effective problem solving.

“Identifying The Issues:”

Each of BottomLine's experts have lived construction problem solving for many years. We know the questions to ask and the answers needed to define the facts relative to each issue contained in any dispute.

We start by gathering general information through interviews with responsible parties. We quickly progress to the hard questions, then identify the supporting documents to substantiate the facts. Client, Attorney, and BottomLine conferences quickly define the issues and the claim preparation/defense strategies.

A very high percentage of BottomLine prepared claims result in negotiated settlements without costly litigation or arbitration. We take your claim from the project files to the courtroom and prepare everything in between to assure achieving a timely settlement. We have assisted hundreds of clients and their attorneys in achieving more favorable settlements. BottomLine experts have participated in the preparation and defense of claims on construction projects ranging from two million to over one billion dollars in project value. Numerous settlements were achieved at or near 100% claim value. All claims defended against by BottomLine have settled at significantly reduced value with several “bogus” claims settled at zero damages to our clients.

Legal Counsel Advisory Assistance:

Attorneys, while expert in the law, may not fully understand the details of construction, the responsibilities of the contracting parties or the unique “construction language”. BottomLine experts work with attorneys as non-biased and objective team members. We often raise the awareness of important facts about construction and help define the strengths and weaknesses of any dispute. We know both sides of the story and often represent owners and sureties in defending against general contractor prepared claims. We know claims strategy, the probable questions to be addressed by both sides and the negotiating strategies necessary to achieve the desired results.

References:

Contact BottomLine for references from the attorneys, owners, contractors and sureties. They can best describe the value of working with the experts at BottomLine.

Key BottomLine benefits to attorneys include:

• Better understanding of how construction disputes develop
• Quick identification of the key issues
• Identification of the responsible parties
• Identification of fact-supporting documentation
• Preparation of chronologies and timelines
• Defining claim presentation/defense strategies
• Preparation of simple & effective presentation exhibits
• Selection of negotiation strategies
• Expert witness testimony experience