terminate subcontractor

United States ex rel. Tower Masonry, Inc. v. J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc.,
1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13024, 90 Cont. Cas. Fed. [CCH] [[paragraph]] 76,843 (S.D.N.Y., Sept. 8, 1995).
Prime contractor properly terminated subcontractor for non-compliance with Davis-Bacon Act requirements. Because cost to complete exceeded subcontract balance, terminated contractor not entitled to reimbursement of value of work completed. 
Defendant J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., (“Kokolakis”), a general contractor, entered into a subcontract with plaintiff Tower Masonry, Inc. (“Tower”), for masonry work on a United States Department of Labor project involving the construction of two new dormitory buildings for the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center in Callicoon, New York. The job was subject to the minimum wage levels and record-keeping requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. [[section]]276(a) et seq., and these requirements were incorporated into the subcontract.
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