Duncan W. Glaholt, CArb, is the founder and principal of Glaholt ADR Inc., a provider of independent mediation and arbitration services to the construction industry in Canada and internationally. He is counsel to the leading construction law firm Glaholt Bowles LLP. He practised construction law since his call to the Ontario bar in 1979 in the energy, infrastructure and resource industries and was active in the introduction of statutory adjudication into Ontario and Canada. Since 2019, he has devoted his full time to the mediation, arbitration, and resolution of construction disputes, including mid-project mediations, commercial resets, and dispute board proceedings. He has chaired a number of arbitration, dispute review, dispute adjudication, and combined dispute boards and has served as a court-appointed claims officer. He is the author, co-author, and editor of several reference books on construction law and ADR including the recently published Construction Dispute Mediation: Theory and Practice. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and recipient of the CBA Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for law reform and legal scholarship, the Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Construction Law, and the Toronto Construction Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
