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Bill Quatman

Construction Mediator

“Construction Mediator”

Kansas City, Missouri
42+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

1 Vertical
✓Construction Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Quatman ADR offers impartial, efficient, and effective alternative dispute, expert witness and other related services in civil design and construction cases both nationwide and internationally. As an architect and lawyer, Bill Quatman uses his 40 plus years of legal and practical experience to guide all sides of any dispute to a fair and balanced resolution. Bill is a licensed architect and attorney who is past General Counsel to Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc. (ranked as #6 on Engineering News Record’s Top Design-Build Firms and #9 in ENR’s Top Design Firms in 2020). He is an internationally recognized author and speaker on construction law and on design-build. Bill is a past National Board Chair of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) (2016). He is also a past Chair of the DBIA Contract Documents Committee and its Laws Committee. In 2007, Bill was AIA’s National Chairman of the Design-Build Knowledge Community. He has spoken at eleven AIA and fourteen DBIA National Conventions on design-build and other topics, and he has given presentations on design-build across the United States, in Canada, England and Puerto Rico. He has over 40 years of experience in the legal, design and construction industries. Bill is the author of Design-Build for the Design Professional (Aspen Publishing 2001), as well as the chief editor of The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services (Wiley 2003). He is also a past President of The Jefferson Society, for architect-lawyers. Mr. Quatman has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney & Architect

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Doctor of Law (JD) · Law

Class of 1984

The University of Kansas

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) · Architecture

Class of 1981

Work History

1 Position

General Counsel

Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc.

Past General Counsel

Honors & Recognition

4 Honors

AV Preeminent Attorney

Martindale Hubbell

2022

AV Preeminent Attorney – Judicial Edition

Americas Most Honored Lawyers – Top 1%

Americas Most Honored Lawyers

2022

National Board Chair

Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)

2016

National Chairman of the Design-Build Knowledge Community

AIA

2007

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