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James
T. Hamje, P.E.
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Mr. James T.
Hamje, P.E. |
PPG Industries v. Performance
Facilities, Inc.
Venue: American Arbitration Association, Pittsburgh, PA before David
Bruton, Judith Ittig and Michael Simon
Date: April 2004 Type: Arbitration testimony before panel, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified for Respondent on alleged design errors and omissions
and the impact on construction of a bulk pharmaceutical manufacturing
plant. Testified as to standard of engineering care and contractor damages.
Result: Claimant awarded damages.
Reference: John P. Sieminski, Esquire Burns, White & Hickton, LLC
ADF Construction, Inc. v.
Kismet Arrowood, LLC etal
Venue: State of North
Carolina Mecklenburg County Superior Court Date: June 2003 and December
2003
Type: Deposition testimony.
Description: Testified
for Respondent in regard to termination of the general contractor for
default, analysis of delays, change in design of the hotel building structure,
analysis of contractor damages and Owner counterclaim damages.
Result: Case settled
during trial. Reference: Ben Martin, Esq. Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon
Hodess Building Company
v. The Educational Foundation, Inc
Venue: American Arbitration
Association, North Carolina
Date: June 2003 to December
2003
Type: Arbitration hearing
testimony, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified
for Respondent on code design issues in a design-build contract, quantification
of undercut of unsuitable soils and ledge rock, design of retaining walls,
structural steel sequencing and reinforcement for hanging HVAC units,
delays, contractor damages and Owner counterclaim damages. Result: Award
for Claimant, Counterclaim damages awarded to Respondent Reference: Charles
Gordon Brown, Esquire, Brown & Bunch, PLLC (919) 968-1111
Brown
& Root Building Co. v. Harold E. Trego Construction Co.
Venue: American Arbitration Association, Philadelphia, PA before John
Wolf, Howard Minckler & Richard Callaghan
Date: September 2001
Type: Arbitration hearing testimony, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified for Respondent on scheduling and delays, utility
construction standards and layout, change order analysis and termination
of subcontractor.
Result: Panel adopted expert analysis, Claimant's damages denied, Respondent
awarded counterclaim damages. Per the award: "…Mr. Hamje effectively
presented uncontradicted evidence…" and "…the Panel
finds Mr. Hamje's analyses the more convincing of the parties' respective
evidence…"
Reference: Harry R. Blackburn, Esquire, 215-985-0123
Walton
Construction Co. v. Winn
Limited Partnership, et al. EDNC 5:99-CV-502-BO(3)
Venue: Federal District Court (North Carolina).
Date: March 2001
Type: Deposition
Description: Testified for Defendant, the Owner, on delay analysis, differing
site conditions, Owner damages, construction workmanship and HVAC installation
problems.
Result: Settled after deposition, Owner received confidential amount.
Reference: Charles Gordon Brown, Esquire, Brown & Bunch, PLLC (919)
968-1111
John
Brown Engineers v. Schering-Plough SAIC Arbitration No. 54/98
Venue: Singapore Arbitration before Mr. deFina, Judge Michels, & Giam
Chin Toon, SC
Date: August 2000
Type: Written witness statement and hearing cross examination, Singapore
Arbitration.
Description: Testified for Respondent, an owner, as to engineering standards
and standard of care, negligence, schedule delays caused by engineering,
quantification of engineering changes and damages to Owner. The Tribunal
cited "…the very detailed, analytical, incisive and highly professional
manner in which the testimony was presented in writing and given orally,"
and "…the extremely high quality of the evidentiary material
proffered…"
Result: Award for Claimant
Reference: Albert Phillips, Esquire, Phillips Law Firm (404) 659-6000.
Ted Smith, Esquire, Drinker, Biddle & Shanley, LLP (973) 549-7210.
Bob
Chambers v. Ron Bove Civil Action No. 99-06345
Venue: Court of Common Pleas Chester County at Westchester, PA before
Patrick McCue, Andrew Fisher and Robert Foley.
Date: May 2000
Type: Hearing testimony before panel.
Description: Testified for Plaintiff, a contractor, on quality of concrete
construction, building code requirements and interpretation of contract
requirements.
Result: Decision in favor of Plaintiff, case settled.
Reference: Delores M. Troiani, Esquire (610) 647-6813
Newport
Contractors, Inc v. Orlind Construction, Inc. AAA No. 14 110 000 90 99
Venue: American Arbitration Association, Philadelphia, PA before Mr. Patrick
W. Liddle, Esquire
Date: April 2000
Type: Arbitration hearing testimony, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified for Respondent, a contractor, on schedule delays,
construction sequencing, delay damages and interpretation of specifications.
Result: Award to Respondent
Reference: Harry R. Blackburn, Esquire (215) 985-0123
Mohammad
Al Mojil Group v. Bugshan S&W Co., Ltd.
Venue: Saudi Arabia Arbitration, Riyadh, KSA before three member panel.
Date: April 2000.
Type: Hearing "advisor" (cannot be sworn because non-Muslim).
Description: Appeared on behalf of Respondent on CPM scheduling, subcontractor
damages and contractor counterclaim damages for oil refinery.
Result: Claimant's case was dismissed. Appeal to Shar'iah court pending.
Reference: Patrick J. Connolly, Esquire, (617) 778-7504 and Abulaziz Fahd,
Esquire, (202) 887-4577
Phil
Neto Construction Co. v. Blandford Land Clearing Corp. MRS - L - 003134-96
Venue: Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County before Judge Miniman.
Date: January to May 1999
Type: Trial testimony, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified for Plaintiff, a subcontractor, on schedule delays,
specification interpretation, and quality of concrete construction, impact
of change orders and construction means & methods.
Result: Judgment for Plaintiff
Reference: Harry R. Blackburn, Esquire and John E. Hilser, Esquire, (215)
985-0123
Epic,
Inc. v. Dunellen Board of Education AAA No. 18 M 110 00268 96
Venue: American Arbitration Association, Somerset, NJ before Mr. Jacob
Gangluff.
Date: October 1997
Type: Arbitration hearing testimony, no prior deposition.
Description: Testified for Respondent on schedule delays, Owner counterclaim
damages, interpretation of specification requirements, geotechnical differing
underground conditions and contractor/subcontractor damages.
Result: Case was settled during proceedings.
Reference: David M. Hawkins, Esquire, (908) 306-6706
Terminal
Construction Company, Inc. v United States
Venue: United States Federal (New York) District Court before Judge Erik
Bruggink.
Date: April 1997
Type: Informal testimony at mini-trial.
Description: Expert testimony for Defendant on CPM scheduling, Time Impact
Analyses, structural steel drawing interpretation, sheeting and shoring
construction means and methods and contract specifications interpretation.
Result: Case was settled
Reference: Arnold Auerhan, Esquire, US Dept. of Justice
Anthony Anikeeff, Esquire