B-W Construction Co. v. United States

This suit arises out of the construction of a Post Office building in Washington, D. C. By contract dated April 23, 1932, the plaintiff, a corporation with its principal office in Chicago, Illinois, undertook to build an extension to and greatly enlarge the Post Office building near the Union Station. The contract price was $2,999,000.

The old building had wings, three stories high, on the east and the west sides. The wings were connected by a low center covered by a corrugated roofing. On the north side of the building was a loading platform with metal covering. The old building, which was…