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Hanjin Heavy Industries vs. DPCC [DECISION]

HANJIN HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Petitioner, versus DYNAMIC PLANNERS AND CONSTRUCTION CORP., Respondent.

G.R. No. 169408 | 2008-04-30

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
Central to the dispute between petitioner Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd. (Hanjin), as contractor, and respondent Dynamic Planners and Construction Corporation (Dynamic), as subcontractor, is the Davao International Airport Project (Project). Hanjin seeks a reversal of the decision rendered by the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC), as affirmed with modifications by the Court of Appeals (CA).

It is Hanjin's basic posture that Dynamic was in delay in the prosecution of, and eventually abandoned, the Project, prompting Hanjin to complete the same. Hanjin thus...