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Board allows contractor's claim; rejects Corps on damages issue.(Contractors' Corner)

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has ruled that a contractor's objection to the imposition of liquidated damages implicitly brought a demand for release of the contract balance within the scope of its claim.

The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $1.3-million contract to Callejas & Ross, Inc., (CRI) for construction of a sewer line at Fort Hood, Texas. The Corps withheld liquidated damages for late completion of the project. The contractor contended that the delay had been caused by an incomplete design. The Corps argued that the contractor had never express

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