About Us

Who We Are

We are a trusted consulting partner to organizations of all sizes from small to start-ups to large, complex entities, offering a broad range of engineering consulting services. As a privately owned and independent engineering and ADR consulting firm, GADREC was founded in 2019, building on years of independent consultancy experience and duly registration with Companies and Intellectual Property Authority - CIPA in Botswana. The firm is also duly registered with the Registrar of Businesses and the National Construction Industry Council in Malawi (NCIC).

In its few years of existence GADREC Ltd has grown significantly and our engineering consulting and alternative dispute resolution services have been split into two interrelated business units that make up the firm, the most significant operational business unit being the ADR, so far. GADREC Ltd believes and can demonstrate that it has been a significant contributor to the natural resources' development and the economy of Malawi and Botswana and to the people over the few years, offering full range of engineering consulting services, including but not limited to areas of alternative dispute resolution and infrastructural development. The firm has extensive experience in infrastructural works' projects planning, feasibility & environmental impact assessments studies, technical designs including structural and water retaining and pipelines, topographic surveys, geotechnical investigations data interpretation, quality control studies and has undertaken numerous project assignments both in Malawi and Botswana.

Mission

To help contracting individuals and parties in a commercial space find a fast and flexible system of resolution for their disputes. We pride ourselves on our quick response times to ensure exceptional service from the first point of contact to the final resolution. With a wide-ranging experience, relevant training and credible qualifications in construction law & practice, and arbitration in all practice areas, we are committed to reaching a mutual agreement which best satisfies the interest of all parties, in the following practice areas:

Dispute ResolutionMediation, Adjudication and Arbitration.

Construction Contracts Claims
We have extensive experience pertaining to the following: International Standard Forms of Contracts, including but not limited to FIDIC, JBCC, GCC or NEC Contracts; Defective Drawings or Specification; Delays on the Critical Path; Insufficient and unclear Site Instructions; Variation Orders; Payment Issues; Extension of Time Claims; and Inability to Obtain a Completion Certificate.

Vision

To  provide quality services through loyal relationships, clear and unambiguous communication and creative solutions within our unique work environment while achieving personal and community growth.

Value

We are committed to the sustainability of our clients' businesses, the communities and the environments in which we live and work.

Focus Areas

Our quest is to become a global force in the engineering consulting field and ADR, providing technical consulting services to the Government MDA's, parastatal companies, district councils and the private sector.

We designed our consulting focus areas to help organisations and projects implementing agencies align their strategic objectives with day-to-day business and operational goals in a diverse range of consulting faculties, including infrastructural designs; technical assistance on privatization schemes, concession contract management, arbitration, project assessment, preparation of tender documents; projects management, construction supervision, quality control, expert appraisal, bid evaluation and post auditing. These faculties assure the firm's stability to handle major multi-disciplinary projects.