Bruce Construction Corporation v. The United States

DURFEE, Judge.

This case involves a claim for equitable adjustment for the alleged “additional value” of building block that was used in construction of buildings on the Air Force Base at Homestead, Florida.

The principal issue before us is whether plaintiffs have suffered damages as a result of defendant’s rejection of a building block and the consequent requirement that plaintiffs substitute a different block, where the price paid for the two different blocks was the same.

Plaintiffs entered into a contract, DA 08-123-ENG — 1595, with the Corps of Engineers on September 15, 1954. The contract…