A recent job for ArchiFACT was an arbitration concerning a site in the Middle East with clients spread over two continents. No site visit was necessary for ArchiFACT, our report was based on evidence provided electronically and emailed to the client.
The Arbitration process itself involved Arbitrators sitting
simultaneously in three different time zones, however the hearing itself
involved very little travel for us. ArchiFACT’s expert travelled 65 miles by
train and taxi from our Head Office in St Leonards-on-Sea to the lawyers
offices in the City of London.
The hearing was conducted entirely via multiple video links
and the total length of cables running between the pieces of tech in each of the
individual offices of the arbitrators, clients, experts and lawyers could well,
if placed end-to-end, have been greater than the distance travelled by our
expert.
The question arising was, does ArchiFACT, or indeed any
company, need separate offices to serve different geographic locations, when
almost everything except for site visits could be done sitting at one desk?
Drawing the obvious conclusion, ArchiFACT’s Yorkshire office
is now closed. From 30 May 2024 all business is being conducted from our Sussex
Office in St Leonards-on-Sea.
We can still be contacted on any matter via email –
fact@ArchiFACT.co.uk.
