Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405



                                                                      

                GRANTED IN PART: December 18, 2001
                                                                      


                           GSBCA 15661


                  KEATING BUILDING CORPORATION,

                                             Appellant,

                                v.

                 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

                                             Respondent.

     Daniel Dirscherl, Vice President of Keating Building Corporation, Bala Cynwyd, PA,
appearing for Appellant.

     Gerald L. Schrader, Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration,
Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), WILLIAMS, and GOODMAN.

DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).

     Keating Building Corporation (Keating) supplied and furnished certain labor,
equipment, and materials to and performed certain work for the General Services
Administration (GSA) under a contract for the removal and replacement of face brick and
other exterior renovations at the Byrne United States Courthouse and Green Federal Building
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

     Disputes arose between the parties due to GSA's refusal to pay Keating and its
subcontractors certain extra direct and indirect costs allegedly arising from a design defect,
a differing site condition, and Government-caused delays encountered during the
performance of the contract.  By letter dated July 11, 2001, Keating requested a contracting
officer's decision on its revised request for equitable adjustment, which was in the amount
of $4,334,979.  The contracting officer denied the claim on August 3, and Keating appealed
her decision to this Board on August 24.

     At the request of the parties, the Board suspended proceedings to provide the parties
time in which to negotiate a settlement of their dispute.  On December 17, 2001, the parties
filed with the Board a joint stipulation of judgment.  In this filing, they stipulate to the entry
of judgment contained in the following paragraph and agree that neither party will appeal a
decision which directs such judgment.

                             Decision

     The appeal is GRANTED IN PART.  GSA shall pay to Keating, in full settlement
of the claim involved in this case, the sum of two million seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($2,750,000), plus interest thereon from November 1, 2001, until paid.  Rule 136(e)
(48 CFR 6101.36(e) (2000)).





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                                   STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                   Board Judge

We concur:





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MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS         ALLAN H. GOODMAN
Board Judge                             Board Judge