Meridian Experts helps counsel understand property damage, repair scope, estimate differences, and cost exposure through independent building consulting and technical reporting.
Property matters arrive as thousands of pages: estimates, photographs, reports, supplements, correspondence. An estimate alone is not an answer. Counsel needs four things from that material:
The damage as observed, and the repair the conditions actually call for.
Which positions in the file hold up against the record, and which do not.
Whether the gap between estimates is a scope disagreement or a pricing disagreement. They are different arguments.
So mediation and settlement decisions are built on the building, not the paperwork.
Meridian's analysis starts with construction experience and ends in a report counsel can actually use. The same discipline applies whether the findings help or hurt the retaining side.
More than two decades of residential and commercial construction behind every scope and cost opinion. Not paper expertise.
Work prepared with mediation, negotiation, and settlement pressure in mind. We separate scope disagreement from pricing disagreement.
We do not inflate, bend, or decorate the facts. The numbers are only useful when the scope behind them is understood.
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There are firms known for writing large numbers for policyholders, and firms known for writing small numbers for carriers. Meridian is built to be neither. We find the number the building and the documents actually support, and we stand behind it, whichever side it helps.
Counsel retains us on both sides of property disputes, for carriers and for policyholders alike. We have walked inflated demands down and low estimates up. The analysis does not change with the letterhead.
Most matters do not sit at either extreme; they resolve somewhere in between. Our work is to find where, support it against the record, and give counsel a defensible number to negotiate from.
The most useful time to bring Meridian in is early, before positions harden. We help frame the entire matter, not just hand over an estimate, and bring in the right expertise as it is needed.
Full engagement for matters where the building itself is in question, from damage assessment through technical reporting.
Intake the file and identify what the dispute is actually about.
Inspect or review the building and its documentation, as the matter warrants.
Compare scope and pricing. Separate scope disagreement from cost disagreement.
A technical report counsel can use: organized, supported, and concise.
Most property matters resolve in mediation. The value of the work is making sure counsel walks in with numbers and analysis that hold up.
Residential and commercial construction experience behind every opinion.
Property damage, repair scope, and cost matters across building and peril types.
Send a brief description of the matter: property, peril, and posture. We respond within one business day, beginning with a conflict check and an honest read on fit. Files can be sent after conflict and intake.
