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Keith A Whitener

Construction Mastermind - Volume I Build Better. Litigate Less

Name: Construction Mastermind - Volume I Build Better. Litigate Less
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Construction Risk, Process Discipline, and How Claims Actually Begin

Keith A Whitener

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Construction MasterMind Press
27 March 2026

Project management; Production & quality control management; Contract law; Technology: general issues

Construction Mastermind - Volume I

How Construction Claims Begin and How to Stop Them Before They Start

Most construction claims do not begin with failure in the field.

They begin quietly during design decisions, estimating assumptions, contract language, documentation habits, and routine project controls that go unquestioned until it's too late.

Construction Mastermind - Volume I is a practitioner-written guide to understanding how construction claims actually form and how disciplined decisions can prevent them long before lawyers, experts, and insurers get involved.

Written from decades of real-world experience delivering and analyzing complex projects, this book bridges the gap between operations, contracts, and legal outcomes. It shows how ordinary project decisions create extraordinary risk and provides practical frameworks to recognize and manage those risks before they become disputes.

This is not a legal textbook.

This is not a generic project management guide.

It is a field-tested reference for professionals responsible for delivering projects under cost, schedule, and contractual pressure.

In this volume, you will learn:

- Why performance alone does not control exposure - documentation does

- How scope gaps and silent assumptions quietly generate claims

- Where contracts and notice provisions fail most projects

- How RFIs, submittals, and change management create downstream risk

- Which project controls actually predict claims before they surface

- What courts and arbitrators truly care about when disputes arise

Who this book is for:

- Construction executives and project managers

- Owner representatives and risk professionals

- Claims consultants and construction attorneys

- Engineers and project controls professionals

Construction Mastermind - Volume I is designed as a professional desk reference, something you return to during planning, procurement, and execution to prevent problems rather than explain them later.

Build better. Document smarter. Litigate less.

By: Keith A Whitener
Imprint: Construction MasterMind Press
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.175kg
ISBN: 9798995108924
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 27 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Keith Whitener is a senior construction executive and consultant specializing in construction risk management, claims prevention, and dispute analysis. Over his career, he has worked on complex projects involving public infrastructure, commercial development, and industrial facilities, advising owners, contractors, and legal teams on risk allocation, documentation strategy, and claims avoidance.He wrote Construction Mastermind to bridge the gap between project execution and legal outcomes, providing practitioners with practical frameworks to prevent disputes before they arise.