Turnpike_Grand_Jury_Presentment

Q: They would have been a sub to you on that particular project?
A: Yes.
Q: How is it that got added or you knew to include them?
A: Well, first, his sister - - originally on the contract we had a sub-consultant named
EADS 10 and after we won the project, we found out that EADS fired their architects in
the Pittsburgh office. One of them was Jan Brimmeier, Joe’s sister. We hired EADS
specifically to do the architectural work. In talking to EADS and all that, we said we
can’t use you on the team anymore. So then I was talking to George about it because I
was in a predicament here. Then I guess he told me she was starting up her own
company and that company was Architectural Innovations. So we went through the
paperwork and added them to our team.
Pintar provided further detail regarding Hatalowich’s influence over the process:
A: I found out that EADS dismissed their architects. It was more than just Jan
[Brimmeier]. There were probably three or four people that were dismissed in that
Pittsburgh office. I think EADS may have architects in their Altoona office and all that.
But I heard the news from George that they were dismissed or whatever and that she was
starting up her own firm and George said it would be a good idea if you could add them
or whatever. I think that’s how we processed it. I told EADS that you didn’t really have
any architects in the Pittsburgh area to work on it.
Q: Is that part true, that they didn’t have architects in the Pittsburgh area?
A: Correct. I believe they got rid of everybody in their Pittsburgh office, the architects.
Q: Would it have been a firm that you could have continued to work with, meaning using
their Altoona or Harrisburg architects?
A: We could have, yes. I guess.
Q: I guess I’m wondering because you had initially said I didn’t like having to let them
go. I’m wondering now in my mind, if George never told you that, that you’re going to
need to work with this new firm she’s starting up, would you have endeavored to work
with EADS through one of their other offices?
A: Yes. I mean, I always try to make things work out.
10 Subsequent to his testimony before the Grand Jury, Pintar recalled that the original architectural group was Quad
Three Group, Inc. The Grand Jury reviewed reports from the Department of Labor and Industry confirming Jan
Brimmeier’s employment with Quad Three Group, Inc. and then Architectural Innovations. The Grand Jury also
reviewed the project proposals listing the name of Jan Brimmeier as being associated with Quad Three Group, Inc.
and then the subsequent substitution of Architectural Innovations.
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