Affordable
Housing Negotiations:
Defining Fair Share
Simulation, created
for Fannie Mae and
National Association
of Home Builders:
simulation involving
mediated negotiations
among municipalities
to develop a fair
share formula that
will result in affordable
housing unit allocations.
East
Falls Brownfields
Redevelopment Simulation,
created for U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Naugatuck Valley Brownfields
Workshop on Consensus
Building:
used to train local
government officials,
developers, community
activists, and citizens
in negotiation techniques
to streamline brownfields
redevelopment. Co-authored
with the Consensus
Building Institute.
Fishladder
Claim Simulation,
created for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers:
internal agency negotiation
regarding the use
of non-binding arbitration
to settle a contract
claim between a government
agency and a private
contractor.
New
Crimea Prison Overcrowding
Simulation, created
for the Edna McConnell
Clark Foundation:
an eight-party negotiation
concerning the development
of a comprehensive
state policy to alleviate
prison overcrowding.
Orchard
Juice Company Simulation,
created for the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection:
used to train regional
engineers and section
chiefs for settlement
negotiations of enforcement
cases for regulatory
violations. The simulation
concerns surface water
discharge violations.
Probation
Games created for
the Edna McConnell
Clark Foundation:
set of three simulations
developed for and
used in training court
probation officers
in mediation and negotiation
techniques.
Water
on the West Bank Simulation:
six-party, mediated
negotiation between
Israelis and Palestinians
concerning a proposed
project to drill a
deep water well on
the West Bank. This
simulation was used
to train officials
from Israel’s
Ministry of Justice,
Palestinian and Israeli
environmental mediators,
and at numerous conflict
resolution workshops
and mediation trainings.
More…
Case
Studies
Social
Capital Formation,
Public Building,
and Public Mediation:
The Chelsea Charter
Consensus Process,
Dayton, Ohio: Kettering
Foundation, 1998. Case
Study (pdf)
Affordable
Housing Mediation:
Building Consensus
for Regional Agreements
in the Hartford and
Greater Bridgeport
Areas
with Lawrence Susskind,
Cambridge: Lincoln
Institute of Land
Policy, 1990.
Available at
and the .
The
Chelsea Charter Consensus
Process and the Affordable
Housing case studies
were also published
in The
Consensus Building
Handbook: A Comprehensive
Guide to Reaching
Agreement,
edited by Lawrence
Susskind et al, 1999.
Available at .
The
Dynamic of Needs and
Interests: A Mediator's
Response to the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict,
Cambridge: Program
on Negotiation at
Harvard Law School,
1988. Out of print;
contact
SP&A for a
copy.
Deciding
Whether or Not to
Partner Small Projects:
A Guide for U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Managers:
a management decision-making
tool for determining
when to use partnering,
a conflict prevention
procedure, for small
projects (includes
12 case studies).
Case
Study (pdf)
Small
Projects Partnering:
The Drayton Hall Streambank
Protection Project;
Analysis of the use
of partnering in small
projects. Case
Study (pdf)
The following case
studies were written
for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers,
Institute for Water,
Alternative Dispute
Resolution Series
and are available
for purchase from
the National Technical
Information Service
(NTIS) at 1-800-553-6847.
Tennessee
Tombigbee:
Analysis of mini-trial
used to settle a $55.6
million claim concerning
the Tennessee Tombigbee
Project -- a five-year,
$270 million project
to excavate an eleven
mile stretch of the
Tennessee Tombigbee
Waterway. Co-authored
with Lawrence Susskind
and Eileen Babbitt.
NTIS Number: ADA-224807
Bechtel
National, Inc.:
Analysis of mini-trial
used to settle a series
of claims that totaled
$21.2 million during
construction of the
Consolidated Space
Operations Center
in Colorado. Co-authored
with Lawrence Susskind
and Eileen Babbitt.
NTIS Number: ADA-224818
Granite
Construction Company:
Analysis of non-binding
arbitration to settle
a $1.7 million contract
claim concerning the
sand source used during
the construction of
the Aberdeen Lock
and Dam of the Tennessee
Tombigbee Waterway.
Co-authored with Lawrence
Susskind and Eileen
Babbitt.
NTIS Number: ADA-225177
