Roscoe-Ajax Construction Co. v. United States

Plaintiff was the general contractor for the construction of missile launcher shelters at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. The fabrication and installation of the roof- and-door-opening mechanisms was subcontracted to a joint venture which found its work interrupted repeatedly by contract modifications (under the Changes clause) made necessary by inconsistencies in the contract drawings. Dissatisfied with the contracting officer’s allowances for these changes, plaintiff appealed, on behalf of itself and its subcontractor, to the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals, and then (as…