[DOWNLOAD] "Evans Elec. Constr. Co. v. Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr." by Supreme Court of Kansas # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Evans Elec. Constr. Co. v. Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr.
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 23, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action in which an electrical contractor seeks to set aside an arbitration award which followed a dispute arising from the construction of a basic science building at the Kansas University Medical Center. The plaintiff-appellant, Evans Electrical Construction Company, was the successful bidder on the electrical contract for the new building. The defendants-appellees are the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Board of Regents of the State of Kansas. We will refer to them as the State. The basic science building was to be used as a classroom facility. Approximately 1.2 million dollars was appropriated by the Kansas legislature for the entire project. The balance was to be paid by a 4.475 million dollar federal construction grant. The federal grant carried a time constraint of twelve months from September 1972, to advertise for bids. Plans were hurriedly prepared by Marshall & Brown-Sidorowicz, architects in Kansas City, who in turn hired Burgess, Latimer & Miller as associate engineers to prepare drawings and specifications for the mechanical and electrical work. Before the final bid return date, there were six addenda issued totaling 125 pages. The addenda activity was unusually voluminous and the district court found that it was sufficient to alert everyone from architects, to state employees, to bidders that the initial architectural plans had more problems than usual at this stage. Evans Electrical, after reviewing the plans and specifications together with all of the addenda, submitted a bid on the electrical contract. It was awarded the electrical contract on November 27, 1973. At that time, the chairman of the board of Evans Electrical knew that there were problems and anticipated that there would be more. However, he had an abiding faith that any additional problems would be resolved fairly between the parties. Thereafter, problems did arise.