Jamieson, David

Areas of expertise: Construction contract consultant – GCC, JBCC, FIDIC, NEC; Dispute resolution in construction; Programming and delay analysis

Key skills: Civil Engineering, Project Management, Mediation, Adjudication, Arbitration,
Planning, Forensic Delay Analysis, Expert Witness on Planning, Delay,
Disruption and other construction issues

Career summary:
David Jamieson is a Civil Engineer with more than 45 years of experience in the construction
industry, including project and programme management, civil and structural engineering design and
construction, forensic delay analysis, and dispute resolution.
David consults generally on planning and dispute resolution issues and has been appointed as expert
witness, arbitrator or adjudicator in several matters.
David is currently a director of Binningtons, a firm of construction contract consultants with offices
in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
David was Branch Manager of the Cape Town office of Binnington Copeland & Associates, a firm of
construction contract consultants and part of the Hill International group, now known as HKA Global.
David has presented seminars and training workshops on Project Planning, Scheduling and Control,
and Delay, Disruption and Extension of Time throughout Southern Africa since 2010.
David worked in London for 3½ years for a leading Programme Management firm, specialising in
construction planning and the resolution of planning, delay and disruption issues. He is skilled in the
use of programming software such as Primavera P3 and P6, Candy (CCS) and MS Project.
David ran a Project Management and Consulting Engineering practice in Cape Town for 8 years, and
was involved in a wide variety of projects, including business parks, office blocks, industrial buildings,
retirement villages, hotels, coastal resorts, shopping centres, housing developments, roads,
township services, railways, earth dams and geotechnical investigations.
David has had 17 years of experience with a South African firm of Project Managers and Consulting
Engineers. He was a director of the company, and his responsibilities included management of two
branch offices and a geotechnical laboratory, Discipline Director (Environmental), and management
of a subsidiary development company.
David Jamieson has a thorough understanding of construction, extending beyond the technical to
include legal, environmental, financial, management, marketing and planning aspects.