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Contractor misses chip-seal deadline; Lawrence County approves amendment and liquidated-damages approach
Summary
After the awarded chip-seal contractor failed to start and missed the substantial-completion window, the county approved an amendment allowing the contractor to complete the work next season under new dates and liquidated-damages enforcement instead of immediate rebid or bond pursuit.
Lawrence County's highway superintendent told commissioners that the contractor awarded the county's chip-seal project (Aztec, Minnesota) did not begin work this year and missed the substantial-completion deadline, making chip-seal impractical with current weather. The superintendent recommended amending the contract to give the firm a start date…
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