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Panel of Arbitrators & Mediators
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CURRENT:
- A full time Arbitrator, Mediator and ADR Educator in the Construction Industry
- Construction Industry Mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court, Master Arbitrator and Mediator for IVAMS and other neutral providers. President and owner of the Institue of Construction Management, an educational institute which educates and certifies arbitrators, mediators and dispute review board panelists (DBR)."
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PAST:
- Owner and president of Armstrong & Co., and Armstrong/Berg Inc. which provided General Contracting, Development, and Project Management services 1971 through 1997
- Projects developed or built, include single family custom homes (up to 55,000 sf), multi-family projects including rentals and condominiums, office complexes, industrial structures, recreational resorts (RV resorts, golf courses and ski resort), surgi-centers, medical office complexes, restaurants, fish research and visitor center and hatchery, and a wastewater treatment facility and lagoon system
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EDUCATION:
- 1969 Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Idaho State University
- 1970 Bachelor of Architecture - Idaho State University
- 1971 Postgraduate work in Environmental Planning and Landscape Architecture - Utah State University - (recognized as most outstanding student in graduate class)
- 1995 Certificate of Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University - School of Law
- 1998 Master of Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University - School of Law
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CONTINUING EDUCATION:
- 1994 ABC Training Seminar - Construction Law
- 1994 Arbitration and Mediation International - Ethics and Arbitration procedures
- 1995 Arbitration and Mediation International - Advanced Ethics and Arbitration procedures
- 1998 ArbitrationWorks - Advanced Arbitration Training
- 1999 Dispute Review Board Foundation - DRB Administration and Practice
- (Many conferences and association meetings in regard to arbitration, mediation, DRB's and other ADR processes)
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PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
- California State Contractor's License #754381 (prior licenses in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona)
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Past member of a City Industrial Revenue Bond Board
- Past member of a City Planning and Zoning Commission
- Past President of a local National Home Builders Association
- Member of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)
- Member of the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA)
- Member of the National Institute for Dispute Resolution (NIDR)
- Associate Member of the American Bar Association (ABA) - Dispute Resolution Forum
- Member of the California Dispute Resolution Council (CDRC)
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REPRESENTITIVE CASES:
- Disputes regarding delays, changed conditions, defects, latent defects, contract, and unpaid invoices on large complex construction projects
- Disputes regarding scope of work responsibilities between general contractors and subcontractors, architects and engineers, general contractors and suppliers or manufacturers, architect and general contractor, and design professionals and owners
- Disputes regarding delays, changed conditions, defects, latent defects, contract, and unpaid invoices on small and medium sized construction projects
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LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS:
- Numerous lectures for the American Association of Cost Estimators, AIA groups, Associated Subcontractors of America, Forensics Associations, a Construction Management course at San Francisco State and many others
- Author of "The Arbitrator's Guidebook", a 232 page book which is a part of a series of books currently under construction, titled "Justice Through A Different Lens"
- Article for SCMA 1999 Annual Conference titled, "Profiling Mediation Participants in Construction Defect Disputes"
- Numerous other articles, role-plays, study guides, evaluations and speeches
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