MCI Constructors v. Spotsylvania County

By Judge William H. Ledbetter, Jr.

In this construction case, the court is called upon to decide whether the contractor’s claims are barred because it failed to comply with notice provisions required by law and the parties’ contract and because it did not submit its claims to the owner in a proper manner.

Summary of Facts

In March of 1997, Spotsylvania County and MCI entered into a fixed-price contract for construction of a water treatment facility at Motts Run Reservoir. The contract price was $22,316,500.00. In July of that year, the county notified MCI to proceed, with an agreed “substantial…