Complete General Construction Co. v. Ohio Department of Transportation

This case evolved out of a contractor’s claim for additional costs on a highway construction project as a result of delays caused by the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”). The bulk of this case concerns the method of calculating unabsorbed home office overhead — the cost of running a contractor’s home office during the delay period — and whether Ohio should adopt the “Eichleay formula,” an equation employed by federal courts in determining such costs. The formula acquired its name from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals decision in Eichleay Corp. (1960), ASBCA No. 5183,…