Contractor brought suit seeking additional compensation for costs resulting from differing site conditions and alleged inaccurate site plans. The Owner counterclaimed for liquidated damages based on delayed completion, being a 397 day delay at $700/day. The court...
By Charlie G. Baxley Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. A recent Wyoming case – JEM Contracting, Inc. v. Morrison – Maierle, Inc. – serves as a reminder to contractors and subcontractors of the importance of following the contractual requirements for notice when...
A contractor on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project filed a complaint with the U.S. Claims Court, claiming it was entitled to equitable adjustment to its contract for additional costs and time due to encountering differing site conditions while dredging the Miami...
Holds Government Cannot Bar Differing Site Conditions Claims with Broad Disclaimer Language, AND Government is Bound by a Broad Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing In a major victory, not only for the contractor, but also for historic federal contract principles, the...
On a contract for a renovation and asbestos removal in a state office building, the contractor claimed there was a differing site condition making asbestos removal more difficult than anticipated. The Supreme Court of Alaska held that the contractor could have...
Where a contract contained both a differing site condition clause as well as language stating that bidders may not rely upon data (such as soil information) provided by the owner with the invitation for bid (IFB) but should perform its own site investigation instead,...
Unforeseen site conditions typically spawn two types of claims based on two distinct but related theories: differing site conditions (DSC) and defective specifications. A contractor may attempt to circumvent the limitations on recovery under a DSC provision by...
A government repair and alteration contract required installing new shower units to existing supply piping. Upon demolishing the shower wall, the contractor discovered that due to the location of the existing supply lines it would have to remove and replace the pipes....
When an engineer designed a road that failed because the impermeability of the underlying soil caused water to accumulate between the soil and the asphalt, resulting in the road floating and the asphalt cracking, the project owner sued for negligence and breach of...
Contract provisions requiring contractors to perform site investigation and inspection prior to bidding did not impose the risk of subsurface conditions on the contractor, and therefore, did not preclude a claim for equitable adjustment. When the contractor began...
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