Orr Construction Co. v. State of Illinois, Department of Public Works & Buildings

This claim is founded upon a contract entered into by the respondent with the claimant, a general contractor, for the construction of a particular section of Illinois Route 57 Highway in Fayette County.1

The facts are not in dispute. The issues, under which claimant’s five-count complaint seeks damages in the sum of $572,408.12, arise out of a dispute in the interpretation of "Special Provisions” in-the contract entitled, "Removal and Replacement of Silty Topsoil Materials”.

This court is called upon to resolve the legal issues by making a judicial interpretation of the contract provision in…