Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405
                                
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                  DISMISSED: January 30, 2002
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                         GSBCA 15011-COM


                       THE AUSTIN COMPANY,

                                             Appellant,

                                v.

                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,

                                             Respondent.

     David P. Metzger and Timothy J. Bloomfield of Holland & Knight LLP, Washington,
DC, counsel for Appellant.
          
     Kenneth A. Lechter, Office of the Director for Administration and Chief Financial
Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce,
Gaithersburg, MD, counsel for Respondent.

GOODMAN, Board Judge.

                              ORDER

     The Austin Company filed this appeal with the Board in connection with a contract
with the Department of Commerce for the construction of a new advanced chemical sciences
laboratory building at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg,
Maryland.  The parties requested the appointment of a Board Judge to serve as an alternative
dispute resolution (ADR) neutral.  ADR sessions were held which resulted in the settlement
of the appeal.

     On January 28, 2002, the parties filed a joint stipulation for dismissal of the appeal.
     Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED.  Board Rule 128.
     


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                              ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                              Board Judge