Book Metadata: Avoid Construction Disputes

1. Verified Facts

Author Description (Approved)

Samuel Kweku Bentil is a construction-industry consultant and delay analyst with over twenty-five years of experience investigating disputes on projects across North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. He has served as an expert witness in commercial arbitration and mediation, and trains construction professionals in dispute prevention. He is the founder of a delay analysis consultancy.

2. Publisher Synopsis

Construction loses $80 billion a year to disputes — delays, cost overruns, and claims that eat the margin before the ribbon-cutting. This book traces the root causes and gives ten principles to prevent them.

3. Central Conflict

Projects fail not because of single catastrophic mistakes, but because of small, repeated patterns of miscommunication, unclear authority, and missing documentation that compound into million-dollar disputes.

4. Key Themes

• Prevention over litigation
• Communication protocols save money
• Early documentation prevents disputes
• Authority to resolve issues where work happens
• Expert witnesses illuminate, not weaponize
• Close-out discipline prevents warranty claims

5. Emotional Stakes

Every delay costs real money. Every dispute destroys relationships. The foreman, the project manager, and the client all suffer when disputes escalate. This book offers practical, actionable relief.

6. Distinctive Selling Points

• 10 concrete principles, each with a real-world example
• Case study from a $15 billion LNG facility
• Foreman-level wisdom distilled into four daily rules
• Free downloadable templates (contract summary, change-order form, escalation ladder)
• Written by an active practitioner, not a theorist

7. Intended Audience

• Project managers in construction
• General and specialty contractors
• Construction lawyers and claims consultants
• Project owners and developers
• Engineering students and junior staff

8. Restrictions

• Spoilers: N/A (nonfiction)
• Claims: Do NOT claim specific results, guaranteed savings, or bestseller status
• Character depictions: N/A
• Brand usage: The "card" with four rules is a teaching tool, not a product for sale

9. Approved Quotations

"Three decades of foreman wisdom. Same four rules." "The solutions are within reach."

10. Promotional Angles (Pre-approved)

1. $80 Billion Problem — Start with the staggering industry loss, make it personal
2. The Foreman's Card — Four simple rules that prevent million-dollar fights
3. Myth-Busting — Common assumptions about disputes that are actually wrong
4. Case Study: $15B LNG — Real example, real savings

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