A Denver contractor will not have to pay the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers savings from the use of an alternative construction method on a Texas bridge project, even though the agency did not formally approve the deviation from the contract specification.
In a Dec. 19 decision, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ruled the Corps was aware that American West Construction LLC was using an alternative means to access a construction site as part of a $2.6-million project for two bridges across irrigation canals in El Paso County, Texas, in 2015.