Shelly & Sands, Inc. v. Department of Highways

RULEY, JUDGE:

Claimant seeks to recover liquidated damages assessed against it for delay in completion of a contract for construction of a segment of the Appalachian Corridor E in Monongalia County, West Virginia. The project involved excavation, embankment, concrete paving, asphalt paving, grading, draining, etc., all of which are a part of roadway construction projects. Claimant required a large supply of limestone aggregate on the project which it contracted to buy from Greer Limestone, the principal source of aggregate in northern West Virginia.

The project began in 1972 with completion…