GRANTED IN PART:  December 5, 1996
                                                       


                                GSBCA 13095


                 NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION,

                                             Appellant,

                                    v.

                     GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
                                                                 
                                        Respondent.

     Thomas E. Hill of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX,
counsel for Appellant.

     M. Leah Wright, Office of General Counsel, General Services
Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges BORWICK, NEILL, and GOODMAN.

GOODMAN, Board Judge.

     This case involves a dispute between appellant, North American
Construction Corporation (NACC), and respondent, the General
Services Administration (GSA), arising from the performance of a
contract for repair and alteration work at the United States
Federal Courthouse Building in Danville, Illinois.

     On August 3, 1993, NACC submitted a claim to the contracting
officer in the amount of $875,095 for alleged delay and
inefficiency costs.  On November 15, 1994, NACC filed an appeal at
this Board of a deemed denial of its claim.  Pursuant to order of
the Board, the contracting officer issued a decision on January 6,
1995, denying the claim.  On February 1, 1995, NACC appealed the
contracting officer s decision, and subsequently revised its claim
to $927,400.  

     On November 22, 1996, the parties filed a settlement agreement
and requested an entry of judgment in accordance with the
agreement.  The agreement provides, in pertinent part:
     The Government and NACC do hereby agree as follows:

          1.  THAT, the Government and NACC, concurrent with
     execution of this Settlement Agreement, will execute a
     Stipulation for entry of Judgment in favor of NACC in the
     settlement amount of Seven hundred and fifty three
     thousand dollars ($753,000) inclusive of interest and
     attorneys fees, the form of which stipulation is attached
     as Exhibit A.

          2.  THAT, GSA and NACC, upon the joint execution of
     this Settlement Agreement, agree to submit Docket No.
     13095 to the GSA Board of Contract Appeals (GSBCA) for
     decision in accordance with the terms of the Settlement
     Agreement.  Within seven calendar days after receipt of
     the GSBCA s decision, both GSA and NACC will submit
     certificates of finality to the GSBCA with a request that
     the GSBCA certify the settlement amount set forth in
     Paragraph 1, above, to the U.S. Department of the
     Treasury for payment.

          3.  THAT, upon payment of the settlement amount,
     NACC shall be deemed to have released the Government, as
     of the date of such payment, of and from any and all
     claims, payments, demands for relief, remedies or
     equitable adjustments, known and unknown, of any nature
     or description whatsoever, legal or equitable, arising
     under Contract No. GS-05P-90-GBC-0068 including any claim
     for payment of attorney s fees under the Equal Access to
     Justice Act, 5 U.S.C..  504, interest under the Contract
     Disputes Act, and all other costs.

          4.  THAT, upon payment of the settlement amount, the
     Government shall be deemed to have released NACC, as of
     the date of such payment, of and from any and all claims,
     payments, demands for relief, remedies or equitable
     adjustments, known and unknown, of any nature or
     description whatsoever, legal or equitable, arising under
     to [sic] Contract No. GS-05P-90-GBC-0068 including any
     claim for payment of attorney s fees under the Equal
     Access To Justice Act, 5 U.S.C  504, and all other
     costs.

Attached to the settlement agreement was a fully executed
stipulation for entry of judgment which reads, in its entirety: 

                     STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

          Appellant and respondent, through their attorneys,
     hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

          That, pursuant to the terms of a Settlement
     Agreement between the parties as of the date of
     execution, judgment shall be entered in favor of
     appellant and against respondent, in the settlement
     amount of Seven hundred and fifty three thousand dollars
     ($753,000) inclusive of interest pursuant to the Contract
     Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C.  601-613 and attorneys
     fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act 5 U.S.C.
      504, and all other costs.

     Rule 136(e) permits the Board to adopt the parties'
stipulation of settlement, by decision, provided the parties make
the representations as contained in their certificates of finality. 
That rule further provides that such decisions are adjudications of
the appeals on their merits.  In accordance with Rule 136(e), the
Board adopts by decision the parties' stipulation of settlement and
enters judgment as requested.

                                 Decision

     Based upon the stipulation for entry of judgment, the appeal
is GRANTED IN PART and judgment is entered for appellant in the
amount of $753,000, inclusive of interest pursuant to the Contract
Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C.  601-613, and any possible claim
for attorney s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act,
5 U.S.C.  504, and all other costs.




                              ________________________
                              ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                              Board Judge

We concur:





________________________      ________________________
ANTHONY S. BORWICK            EDWIN B. NEILL
Board Judge                   Board Judge