Aragona Construction Co. v. United States

Plaintiff, a construction contractor, brings this suit to recover $68,028.03, a sum it says it lost in constructing a hospital for the Veterans’ Administration. In 1941, it was awarded a, contract to build a reinforced concrete hospital building at Fort Howard, Maryland, for a price of $871,700. It began work on August 22 of that year. The building was to have been completed within 400 calendar days after receipt of notice to proceed on August 12,1941, i.e., by September 16, 1942. In actuality, however, completion was delayed for 429 additional days, and the hospital was not accepted until…