Robert F. Babcock, Esq.
Civil Engineer; Attorney - Construction Project Disputes and Claims Resolution
370 East South Temple
4th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
4th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Babcock Scott & Babcock - Shareholder- President
Civil Engineer; Attorney - Construction Project Disputes and Claims Resolution
Shareholder, Babcock Scott & Babcock (formerly Walstad & Babcock P.C.), 1984-present; Partner, Walstad, Kasimer, Tansey & Ittig, 1982-84; Attorney, McMurray, McIntosh, Butler & Nielson, 1979-82.
A Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated attorney with over 40 years of experience representing parties exclusively from the construction industry including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, sureties, and insurance companies. Experience in both public and private projects ranging in value to over $100 million, including high-rise, shopping centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, natural gas pipelines, underground utilities, schools, power plants, resort condominiums, apartment complexes, hotels, highways, dams and large excavations, courthouses, and government installations. Disputes involve interpretation of plans and specifications, bidding issues, construction and design defect matters, change orders, differing site conditions, termination, delay, disruption, acceleration and payment, and performance bond claims. Recipient of the following awards: Outstanding Service to the Utah Construction Industry Award, Associated Builders and Contractors, Utah Chapter, 1994; Service to the Industry Award, Associated General Contractors, Utah Chapter, 1989.
Mediated numerous construction industry disputes in commercial, industrial and residential projects.
Mediated numerous disputes in the construction industry including change orders, differing site conditions, design errors, delay damages, acceleration claims, defective work claims, payment disputes, scope of work issues, contract interpretation issues, termination issues, payment and performance bond issues, and bidding mistakes and scope of bid issues.
My philosophy is to help the parties in their risk analysis of their position in the dispute. As a mediator I see my role as a sounding board and a reality to check to the parties in providing, if requested, another opinion about the strengths and weaknesses of their case. I am much more of an evaluative mediator rather than a facilitative mediator. I expect the parties to have made a reasonable evaluation of their case prior to coming to the mediation. The biggest stumbling block to a successful mediation is a lack of understanding of the facts so that the parties can work toward a resolution. When parties see the facts totally differently, the mediation process is much more length and may need to be adjourned and reconvened after the parties have spent some more time understanding the facts.
Brigham Young University (BS, Civil Engineering, magna cum laude-1976; JD, cum laude-1979)
Admitted to the Bar: Utah (1979); U.S. District Court, District of Utah (1979); U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth (1979), Tenth (1979), and Federal (1994) Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims (1979).
Associated General Contractors (Utah Chapter, Legal Advisory Committee; Legislative Committee); Associated Builders and Contractors (Utah Chapter, Past Chapter Counsel; Legislative Committee); Surety Association of Utah; Construction Financial Managers Association (Board of Directors); American Society of Civil Engineers (Utah Chapter); National Society of Professional Engineers (Utah Chapter); American Bar Association (Forum Committee on Construction Industry; Public Contracts Section, Past Chair); Utah State Bar Association (Construction Law Section, Past Chair).
Co-author, HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION LAW AND CLAIMS, 1999; co-author, UTAH CONSTRUCTION LAW, Federal Publications, 1991; co-author, CONSTRUCTION LAW AND CLAIMS FOR UTAH CONTRACTORS, 1988; co-author, PROTECTING YOUR MONEY, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT UTAH'S MECHANIC'S LIEN LAWS, 2nd ed., 1988, 3rd ed., 2003.
$350 Per Hour
English
United States of America
Salt Lake City, UT
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