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Watts Constructors, LLC

January 15, 2026Judge Sweet
Denied / Government PrevailedDelay / Disruption / Suspension

Watts Constructors, LLC filed a motion for reconsideration regarding the ASBCA's prior decision that granted the government summary judgment on a delay claim. The Board denied the motion, affirming its earlier ruling.

Material Facts

  • Watts Constructors, LLC filed a motion for reconsideration on October 21, 2025.
  • The Board's prior decision granted the government summary judgment on Watts' delay claim.
  • Watts argued that the delays were inherently unknowable in the fall of 2015.
  • The Board found that Watts' arguments were rearguments of previously waived positions or meritless.
  • The Board corrected a clerical mistake regarding the claim accrual date from 'September or October of 2016' to 'September or October of 2015.'

Parties

Appellant
Watts Constructors, LLC
Respondent Agency
U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento
Contract Number
Contract No. W91238-14-C-0040
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