Laburnum Construction Corporation v. The United States

WHITAKER, Judge:

This is an action for breach of a contract for the installation of approximately 10,000 feet of high pressure steam line at the United States Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia. The specifications called for the construction of a 16-inch pipeline above the ground connecting an existing steam line outside the Base with a steam plant at the South Annex area within the Base. The pipe was to be supported by concrete pedestals which in turn would rest upon wooden piles driven into the ground except for a few short underground stretches where the line connected with existing steam…