Property damages & detrimental conditions
Experience analyzing physical conditions, environmental and industrial influences, nuisance, loss of use, market perception, and potential diminution in property value.
ESTABLISHED 1986 · INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE
We make the
complex simple.
Four decades of experience at the intersection of property economics, difficult physical conditions, property rights, and consequential decisions.
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OUR POINT OF VIEW
Good judgment begins with the right questions.
Not every property problem fits a standard valuation model. Some demand investigation, an understanding of how markets actually behave, and the ability to connect technical facts to economic consequences.
Since 1986, The RPC Group and its predecessor Dawson & Associates have addressed unusual real property questions for attorneys, utilities, corporations, public agencies, and private clients.
Our history is grounded in independent analysis, practical judgment, and a willingness to engage with problems that resist conventional answers.
1986Practice established
40 yearsProperty-focused experience
ComplexityOur longstanding specialty
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
Experience at the intersection of
property, economics, and risk.
Infrastructure & property rights
Utility corridors, pipelines, easements, right-of-way impacts, access, severance, condemnation, and unusual property-rights disputes.
Complex valuation & market behavior
Unusual properties, limited market evidence, conflicting data, special-purpose uses, and the economic questions that conventional analyses may not resolve.
Litigation & decision support
Decades of expert testimony, appraisal review, investigative analysis, and technical assistance in consequential property disputes.
A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE
Understanding the issue before choosing the answer.
The most useful analysis does more than produce a number. It identifies what matters, separates supported concerns from assumptions, and makes the economic consequences understandable to decision-makers.
This perspective has shaped decades of work involving attorneys, property owners, utilities, and organizations facing uncommon property questions.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Complex matters.
Real consequences.
Examples of challenging assignments drawn from the firm’s history. Each required analysis beyond a routine property valuation.
01 / FLOODING
Recurring flooding and property damages
Analysis of recurring flooding and its economic consequences, including questions of physical damage, repair costs, and remaining loss in market value.
02 / INFRASTRUCTURE
Yeager Airport hillside failure
Property impacts associated with the Yeager Airport hillside failure, including damage to surrounding properties and questions of residual market effects.
03 / ENERGY
Utility and compressor-station impacts
Property analyses involving compressor stations, pipelines, noise, access, and the effects of infrastructure on nearby property use and market behavior.
04 / ENVIRONMENT
Environmental conditions and perception
Work involving coal ash, water contamination, and industrial conditions where market reaction can extend beyond measurable physical damage.
05 / PROPERTY RIGHTS
Easements, rights-of-way, and severance
Economic analysis of property rights, utility easements, access restrictions, severance, and the effects of infrastructure corridors on remaining property.
06 / TECHNICAL REVIEW
Technical review and expert analysis
Independent examination of valuation evidence, competing assumptions, market data, and technical conclusions in high-stakes property matters.
Representative experience, not a comprehensive case list. Assignment scope and the firm’s role varied by matter.
Complex property questions rarely arrive with simple facts or standard answers.
Discuss a property issueTHE FIRM
Established experience.
Independent thinking.
Founded as Dawson & Associates in 1986 and later operating as The RPC Group, the practice developed a reputation for tackling unusual and technically demanding real property matters.
Its principal, Dean E. Dawson, has worked across property valuation, economic damages, litigation support, utility and infrastructure issues, and professional education. His experience also includes leadership in state and national real estate professional organizations and teaching attorneys and other professionals.
Today, that foundation informs an evolving emphasis on independent advice and practical judgment in difficult property decisions.
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