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About Arthur House
Arthur House

    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 negotiate and settle significant land and easement acquisitions.

    Art draws upon his over 45 years of executive business development and managerial experience, from concept to turn-key, combined with a law degree; to provide expert, multi-disciplined, cross-industry advisory consulting, conflict resolution, and mediation services to commercial entities, small business claims, and the construction and forestry industries. He has represented and served clients with the utmost skill, integrity, responsibility, and compassion. His clients and associates include business owners, landowners and developers, construction managers, general contractors, specialty contractors or subcontractors, and vendors. His extensive resume of clients is engaged in construction management, forestry, transportation, export logistics, and renewable energy. 

    Arthur has been a principle Owner/Developer, Owner’s Representative, Strategic Business Development Executive, Project Manager, and an internationally recognized Construction and Engineering Management Consultant, engaged in over $2 billion of construction and real estate development projects, humanitarian projects, forestry, export, and renewable energy industries for over 45 years.

    Art has dedicated his career focused on project development and oversight, facilitation of strategic management, and owners' representation. He advocates for in-depth pre-project analysis, preventive planning to mitigate risks, and avoidance of disputes.  With over four decades of hands-on experience combined with an MBA, Doctoral Work, and a Law Degree, with over twenty years as an Adjunct Professor, in both Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, including Construction and Engineering Management, Corporate Finance for Construction and Development, Strategic Planning, International Business Development, and Construction Contracts, Arthur is uniquely qualified to facilitate the resolution to complex controversies and disputes.

    He has provided professional expert witness testimony to support law firms in furtherance of reaching equitable solutions to complex controversies or disputes.  Art is a Member of the Maine Association of Mediators, a Certified Mediator in the Judicial Branch for the State of Maine, an Adjunct Law Faculty Member, and a Statewide Right of Way Negotiator in Eminent Domain procedures.

    Mr. House taught and served, for over 20 years, as an Adjunct Professor of business development, strategic management, corporate finance, business and contract law courses at several universities. He has provided extensive pro bono services during natural disasters and humanitarian needs - such as having been engaged by  the Ministry of Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 Devastating Earthquake. 

     "While Art was in charge of plant and facilities operations for Associated Grocers of New England, he called me with an emergency. Apparently a site work company was exploring for a leak from an underground fuel tank at their truck depot in Manchester, NH. The company began digging with an excavator in an area specifically designated by Art not to be disturbed due to a lack of clearly defined ‘as built’ drawings that showed the potential existence of an 8” diameter water main. The contractor dug, hit the high pressure water line and the empty fuel tanks blew out of the ground about 10’ in the air. Water was shut down for all businesses in the area. By the time I got to the site the TV News choppers were there and the project was a catastrophe. Art signed a contract on the spot – we had the project finished in less than two days – new fuel tanks, rerouted water line and completed reconstruction of the degraded area due to the water’s force. All was up and running in two days. The real task was accessing ‘Super Fund’ monies not only to pay us but to reimburse AGNE as well. Mr. House accessed those funds for AGNE…If you need a guy who can assess a problem in an instant and put corrective action in place in the blink of an eye – get the work done and get you paid – Then Art is your guy.”                                                             - Darrell Dodge, President  Dodge Construction, NH

"Art's greatest strengths are his energy, creativity and optimism. He also has a great deal of humility and has a deep sense of civic responsibility, contributing in extensive ways to uplift others in need. Arts' greatest talents are in overcoming obstacles. Art will always do the right thing by everybody… He does not compromise on honesty, integrity and accountability – and he demands that of others."

- Attorney, Paul R. Kennedy
- Development Attorney - FL

“To say that ‘Art House’ has been helpful to my business would be an understatement. His knowledge of the legal and technical side of sub-contracting has gone a long way toward giving me the insights in the field where my expertise is lacking. His consulting with me in reading and understanding complexities of Florida Lien Laws has given me confidence. We have instituted new policies on how to protect our financial integrity by implementing common sense directives. As a small struggling company, having the services of Mr. House has been a much needed boost.”

- Mary Margaret Heaton,
Owner A Concept in Carpets Pompano Beach, FL

"Art is an exceptionally bright business development professional who obtained funding, preconstruction sales and other tangibles to get our $27-M project back to life. Art negotiated a GMP contract with a Construction Management firm for us and our project "Atlantia on Jupiter's Riverwalk" is now a reality for us. He is devoted to getting a company to grow. He worked tirelessly to make it happen. Art is a high energy professional, diligent and sticks to a task until it's done. I would definitely work with Art again. "

- Sidney Adler
Member WAVE Holdings, LLC FL

"We retained Art House in early 2009 to write our business development plan, together with a feasibility study and market analysis for our Fox Run project, a 36-unit residential development in Brunswick. Absent his meticulously work, we would not have been able to proceed. With professional documentation generated, from an open and objective viewpoint, we were armed with the necessary tools to obtain funding and to progress. Fox Run was a small project of $8 million. Because of his work, we were successful in obtaining a commitment of funds to commence work. Not only did Mr. House make this project possible but, he did it again for us on our planned project The Refuge, which was a 113 unit (PUD) with a $13 million budget. We'll use the services of Mr. House again - and again."

- James Murray
President J. M. Murray Co. GA

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45 Years - Advisory & Consulting to Construction, Engineering, & Project Development Industries
© 2001 - 2026 Construction Management Institute of Maine, Inc. Established 2008
                            Construction Management Institute of Miami, Inc. Established 2001 Relocated to Maine 2007/2008
 
Disclaimer: Mr. House has a Law Degree, is an Adjunct Law Faculty member, a Statewide Right of Way Negotiator in Eminent Domain Procedures, and a Certified Mediator in the Judicial Branch for the State of Maine but does not practice law as an attorney and is not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. Any consulting or mediation services are provided as a professional consultant and mediator but are not provided as legal advice or council and should not be acted upon as such. No attorney-client relationship is created by these services. All clients and or recipients of any consulting advice are informed and encouraged to consult an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction for advice regarding your specific situation.