{"id":440,"date":"2026-04-03T22:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metawebpro.com\/arthurhouse\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:59:34","slug":"advisory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metawebpro.com\/arthurhouse\/advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"440\" class=\"elementor elementor-440\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-492598b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"492598b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab48f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dab48f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a24f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61a24f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d817158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d817158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advisory - Consultation and Mediation Services<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37eb7ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37eb7ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e218f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e218f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"advisory-sec-1\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n    \r\n#advisory-sec-1 img#\\39 54729 {\r\n    padding-right: 6px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n#advisory-sec-1 p {\r\n    color: #000;\r\n    line-height: 21px;\r\n    font-size: 16px !important;\r\n}\r\n\r\n    \r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"widget-wrapper widget-element free-text-image diy-resizable \">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div id=\"widget-id-1212351\" class=\"widget-body \" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"freetext-image\" style=\" width:13.714902807775378%; float:left;text-align-left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image_wrapper free-image-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"954729\" src=\"https:\/\/metawebpro.com\/arthurhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/954729-art-ath-45c48.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t    \r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"freetextarea\">\r\n\t\t\t<div><p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Arthur House is a nationally recognized construction industry advisor, mediator and standing construction industry mediator\/neutral. Mr. House is Certified District Court mediator, a Construction Contract and Business Law Adjunct faculty member, founder and President of the Construction Management Institute of Maine and Miami, established in September of 2001. Mr. House has over 45 years of executive level experience in Construction and Engineering Management fields, with projects and clients throughout the Continental US, Hawaii, the Caribbean Islands, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Aruba, Costa Rica, Haiti, Venezuela and several major European Union companies, plus Japan, South Korea, and China. Mr. House is also an experienced eminent domain, right-of-way agent acting as a mediator to settle significant land and easement acquisitions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6021a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6021a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget-wrapper widget-element free-text diy-resizable \"><div id=\"widget-id-1216854\" class=\"widget-body \"><div class=\"freetextarea\"><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\"><strong>Mediation- Advisory Fee &amp; Payment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"widget-wrapper widget-element free-text diy-resizable \"><div id=\"widget-id-1216335\" class=\"widget-body \"><div class=\"freetextarea\"><h5><b><u>Mediations<\/u><\/b><\/h5><p>Arthur has mediated numerous business and construction disputes to successful conclusions throughout his many years of experience.\u00a0 His success rate is over 90 percent, and almost all cases were eventually settled due to the significant progress made during the mediations he conducted and those matters that eventually were settled by a magistrate (typically is small claim matters in District Court settings.<\/p><p>A typical mediation is completed in 1 day, unless Mr. House travels out of state for the session and the time might extend to 2 days. His mediations generally include between 2 and 4 parties, however some project disputes may have more parties,and we cantake on projects that may exceed that.\u00a0<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Mediation &#8211; Full Fee &#8211; Paid in one Payment\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\" data-cke-saved-href=\"\/mediation-fees.shtml\"><strong>Mediation- Advisory Fee &amp; Payment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5><ul><li>$<strong>650.00<\/strong>\/up to an 8-hour day &#8211; local session\u00a0in our\u00a0offices or at a place of convenience, withing 100 miles of our offices in Belfast, Maine, which will be arranged and scheduled for this session.\u00a0(Fee are typically split equally per number of parties involved).<\/li><li>Included in mediation assignment: (pre &amp; post study time, conference calls, and other communications).<\/li><li>No charge for travel time within 100 miles from Belfast, Maine. Out of state is billed at the same daily rates, with the added fee of a fixed per diem charge of $225.00 per day (includes vehicle mileage and tolls, lodging, meals).<\/li><li>This fee is the full fee for a mediation\u00a0session. If the parties choose to pay together this is the right button. If the parties wish to pay independently, please select the correct button on the Fees page.<\/li><\/ul><h5><b>Mediation &#8211; Full Fee &#8211; Paid 50%-50% -by Independent Parties<\/b><\/h5><ul><li>Fee for Full Session &#8211; Payments Made Independantly by the Parties:\u00a0Each\u00a0Party\u00a0or Parties pays half of the full amount equal to\u00a0<strong>$325.00<\/strong>\/for up to an 8-hour day &#8211; local session in our\u00a0offices or at a place of convenience, withing 100 miles of our offices in Belfast, Maine, which will be arranged and scheduled for this session.<\/li><li>This fee is the full fee for a mediation\u00a0session. If the parties choose to pay together this is the right button.<\/li><\/ul><h5><strong>Mediation by Zoom &#8211; Paid in one Payment\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\" data-cke-saved-href=\"\/mediation-fees.shtml\"><strong>Mediation- Advisory Fee &amp; Payment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5><div><ul><li><strong>$550.00<\/strong>\/8-hour day &#8211; local session\u00a0in our\u00a0offices or at a place of convenience, withing 100 miles of our offices in Belfast, Maine, which will be arranged and scheduled for this session.\u00a0(Fee are typically split equally per number of parties involved).<\/li><li>Included in mediation assignment: (pre &amp; post study time, conference calls, and other communications).<\/li><li>This fee is the full fee for a mediation\u00a0session.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mediation by Zoom &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><b>Paid 50%-50% -by Independent Parties<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5><div><ul><li>Fee for full day mediation session =\u00a0<strong>$275.00<\/strong>\/up to an 8-hour day &#8211; local session\u00a0in our\u00a0offices or at a place of convenience, withing 100 miles of our offices in Belfast, Maine, which will be arranged and scheduled for this session.\u00a0(Fee are typically split equally per number of parties involved).<\/li><li>Included in mediation assignment: (pre &amp; post study time, conference calls, and other communications).<\/li><li>This fee is the full fee for a mediation\u00a0session.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\" data-cke-saved-href=\"\/mediation-fees.shtml\"><strong>Mediation- Advisory Fee &amp; Payment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Standing Mediation or Advisory Rates &#8211; This is a 24\/7\/365 Service for Suscribed Clients<\/b><\/h5><div>Standing Mediation\u00a0or Advisory Services are engagements\u00a0on an annual agreement.\u00a0This service is billed at $125\/per month on an\u00a0<em>annual standing mediation contract basis<\/em>. However, clients may only need this service for a\u00a0couple of months,\u00a0so this engagement can be canceled upon notice by the parties to the other. Also,\u00a0(this rate covers unlimited calls, email exchanges, and necessary discussions related to any type of business-related advisory, strategic planning, project oversight, or exclusive support in mediation). This will be billed monthly.Standing Mediation and Advisor<b>y Rates<\/b><b><\/b><\/div><ul><li>For project specific assignments, projects are individually budgeted upon request.<\/li><li>$95\/per month based on an annual basis &#8211; this is billed monthly. (This rate covers unlimited calls, email exchanges, and necessary discussions related to any type of business-related advisory, strategic planning, project oversight, or exclusive support in mediation).<\/li><\/ul><h5><b>For Mediation or Advisory Services, please got to:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\"><strong>Mediation- Advisory Fee &amp; Payment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c1956b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8c1956b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget-wrapper widget-element html diy-resizable \">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div id=\"widget-id-1216361\" class=\"widget-body \" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider\">\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\"Art negotiated a Professional Services contract for our Architectural-Engineering firm, with a School Board. Art negotiated equitable fees for our services. and the actual cost of construction with the General Contractor. Art's consulting involvement resulted in a fast-tracked project, which finished four months ahead of schedule and significantly under budget. Art is sincere, dedicated and driven by a sense of fairness and an appreciation of the complexities of our difficult industry.\"    <\/p>\r\n    <h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n      - Kirk Wilkenson AIA Wilkenson &amp;<br>\r\n      <span>Associates, PA, NH <\/span>\r\n    <\/h4>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\"The work performed by Art House was very substantial. We are very pleased with what he provided us. He spent considerable time on developing and installing various financial software programs, and creating project specific Excel spreadsheets and other tools to help manage our production procedures, manpower performance and cash flow. We found Mr. House to be professional and very helpful. We recommend him most highly to anyone in the construction trades.\"    <\/p>\r\n    <h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n      - Troy Greenberg<br>\r\n      <span>President Greenberg's Custom Cabinets, IL\r\n      <\/span>\r\n    <\/h4>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\u201cArt has a deep-seated, sincere desire to\u2026discover the root of any problem and seek remedy for it. He's willing to go way beyond what many professional consultants are willing to do. In the consulting business, reputation is stock in trade, and Art is most reliable.  He is also one of the most energetic individuals I have ever met and he\u2026creates an energetic environment all around him.  It's nice to come across someone who gives you more than you expect.\u201d    <\/p>\r\n    <h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n     - Harold Brown<br>\r\n      <span>Gold Coast  Real Estate, FL<\/span>\r\n    <\/h4>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n \"Art is extremely competent and very professional, and highly articulate. He has always impressed me with his willingness to give more of himself, than one would expect, not only to his clients but, to mine as well. If there was ever a man to assist you or to consult with you, in the construction and development industry, Mr. House would be that person.\"    <\/p>\r\n    <h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n     - E. Al. Reppert,<br>\r\n      <span>PE Fl Cert. No 29993 FL<\/span>\r\n    <\/h4>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\"Art ... will work through any obstacle and get things done on time and under\/on budget. He has good time management skills, never once late on commitments that he made to clients or the people that worked for him.  He sets high goals, and wants others to meet their goals as well. Art will work harder than the next person to get things done. He is a strong leader who inspires others.\" \r\n<\/p>\r\n<h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n     - Al Dougherty, <br>\r\n      <span>Principle Design &amp; Development, FL<\/span>\r\n    <\/h4>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"testimonial-slide active\">\r\n    <p class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\"If you are looking for a consultant, educator, or any other executive type person who, \"requires honesty, energy, integrity, reliability, dependability, intelligence, construction experience, financial acumen, and just plain common sense, then look no further than Art House.  Art has a unique ability not only to understand the technical aspects of a business but, also the financial controls required to meet a budget. He is also one of the most energetic individuals I have ever met and he, therefore, creates an energetic environment all around him. This is contagious and it manifests itself in visible increases in productivity of both co-workers and subordinates.\"\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h4 class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n     - H. S. Brown, <br>\r\n      <span>President\/CEO Big Sky Enterprises, Inc. 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