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               DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: July 20, 1995
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                              GSBCA 13041
 
 
                   NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION CORP.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Thomas E.  Hill of  Haynes  and Boone,  L.L.P., Dallas,  TX,
   counsel for Appellant.
 
        Robert  W. Schlattman,  Office of  General  Counsel, General
   Services Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  October 18,  1994,  North  American  Construction  Corp.
   (NACC)  appealed a  General  Services Administration  contracting
   officer's  deemed  denial  of  NACC's  request  for  extra  costs
   involved in correcting design deficiencies under contract  number
   GS-02P-CUC-0030  for the  construction  of  a four-story  Federal
   Courthouse Building Annex in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
 
        On  July 18,  1995,  the  parties filed  a  joint motion  to
   dismiss this appeal without prejudice, stating:
 
             As discussed  with the Board  in a June  28, 1995,
        conference  call,   the  parties   desire  to   conduct
        settlement discussions regarding  the claims underlying
        the  above-referenced  appeal and,  therefore,  request
        that this appeal be  dismissed without prejudice,  such
        dismissal to convert to one with  prejudice eighty-five
        (85) days after the issuance of the  order of dismissal
        (subject  to either  party's  request for  extension of
        such period, if necessary, to conclude negotiations).
 
        Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.  As
   provided in  Rule 28(b) this  case shall be  deemed to  have been
   dismissed with prejudice  eight-five calendar days from  the date
   of this order.
 
 
 
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                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                      Board Judge