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. Duncan is now counsel to the leading and nationally recognized construction law firm that he founded, Glaholt Bowles LLP. Duncan has practised construction law since his call to the bar of Ontario in 1979, resolving a wide range of disputes in the energy, infrastructure and resource industries. Duncan was active in the introduction of statutory adjudication in Ontario. Since 2019, Duncan has devoted his full time to the mediation, arbitration, and resolution of construction disputes, including mid-project mediations and resets. Duncan has chaired a number of arbitration, dispute review, dispute adjudication, and combined dispute boards and has served as a court appointed claims officer in a number of cases. Duncan is the author, co-author, and editor of several standard reference books on construction law and alternative dispute resolution. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and recipient of the Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Construction Law as well as a Toronto Construction Association lifetime achievement award.
