Posts from March 2014
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Federal Circuit Limits Government’s Attempt to Shift the Risk of Differing Site Conditions to Contractor
In a recent opinion, the Federal Circuit limited the federal government’s ability to shift the risk of differing site conditions to a contractor. In Metcalf Construction Co., Inc. v. United States, 742 F.3d 984 (Fed. Cir. 2014), the government rejected a design-build contractor’s claim for additional compensation arising from the discovery of differing site conditions. Read More…