Hempt Bros. v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner seeks review of an adverse determination by the Board of Arbitration of Claims (Board) denying petitioner additional compensation in the amount of $72,722.82 under a highway construction contract with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (respondent). We affirm the determination of the Board.

On November 2,1972 petitioner executed a contract to perform all work in improving a section of Interstate 81 in Bast Pennsboro and Hampden Townships, *518Cumberland County. The initial phase of this construction involved clearing and…