EPA Facility Mechanical Upgrade Project

Project: Mechanical prime contract to replace chillers and install fume hood exhaust system in 45,000 square-foot EPA laboratory.

Problem: Mechanical contractor met issues of government defective design and pre-bid concealment of superior knowledge of impossibility of performance (government design review failure). Government redesign and re-specification of the entire contract and all equipment delayed the start of the project nearly six months on an originally specified eight-month project.  Employed CPM schedule analysis applied to as-built schedule.

Result: Ultimately recovered approximately $50,000, plus liquidated damages withheld. Original contract was $410,000.