Bott v. Idaho State Building Authority

BISTLINE, Justice.

This breach of contract case arises out of the dismissal of architects Bott, Berg, and Hoar (“BBH”) by the Idaho State Building Authority (“the Authority”) from a project to expand and modernize the Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind located in Gooding, Idaho (“the Project”).

In January of 1985, BBH and the Authority entered into a contract (“the Agreement”) providing that BBH would provide architectural and certain other services for the project. The Agreement provided that the Authority would pay BBH 7.75% of the total construction cost plus an incentive fee equal to…