On April 6-10, 1988, BechtelNational Inc. (Bechtel) andthe U. S. Army Corps of Engineers(Corps), Omaha District, used a mini-trial to settle a complexseries of claimsfor $3.7 million. The caseconsisted of seven separateclaims, including those of majorsubcontractors, totalling, at the time of the mini-trial, $21.2 millionincluding interest*.Originally filed in the fall of 1986,the claims arose from modifications and impactsdue to incompletedesign plans for construction of theConsolidated SpaceOperations Center (CSOC) in Colorado.
