ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
 
Appeal of - )  
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Industrial Fabrication Resources, Inc. ) ASBCA No. 64200 
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Under Contract No. W912QR-22-P-0099 )  
    
APPEARANCE FOR THE APPELLANT: Mr. Chris Garner 
 
APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT: Michael P. Goodman, Esq. 
    Engineer Chief Trial Attorney 
 James M. Inman, Esq. 
    Trial Attorney 
    U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville 
  
ORDER OF DISMISSAL 
 
By email dated June 17, 2025, appellant filed a notice of appeal with the Board, 
attaching a description of its alleged dispute with the government.  The cover email came 
from Mr. Chris Garner at cagarner72@icloud.com, but did not identify Mr. Garner’s 
position in appellant’s company.  The attachment included a mailing address and 
telephone number for appellant, as well as an email address of Race207@aol.com.  It did 
not identify a person appellant intended to serve as its representative in the appeal and 
was not signed by any individual. 
 
By Orders dated June 24, 2025 and July 17, 2025, the Board directed appellant to 
show that it is represented by a corporate officer or attorney who meets the criteria of 
Board Rule 15(a), or to designate a person who meets the Rule 15(a) criteria as its 
representative.  The Board sent the Orders to cagarner72@icloud.com, the email address 
used to file appellant’s June 17, 2025 notice of appeal.  Appellant did not respond to 
either Order.  The government filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on August 8, 2025; 
appellant did not respond to that motion. 
 
By Show Cause Order dated August 12, 2025, sent to cagarner72@icloud.com, the 
Board informed appellant that if it did not show that it is represented in this appeal by a 
person meeting the requirements of Board Rule 15(a), the Board intended to dismiss the 
appeal with no further notice to the parties.  Appellant did not respond to the August 12, 
2025 Show Cause Order.  Appellant also did not respond to a voicemail left by a Board 
representative at the telephone number listed in the attachment to Mr. Garner’s email. 
 
On August 28, 2025, the Board sent another Show Cause Order to appellant, this 
time to both Mr. Garner’s email address and the email address appearing in the 
attachment, Race207@aol.com.  That Order advised appellant that if it failed to respond 

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by September 11, 2025, the Board would dismiss this appeal for appellant’s failure to 
meet the requirements of Board Rule 15.  Appellant did not respond to the August 28, 
2025 Show Cause Order. 
 
A representative meeting the requirements of Board Rule 15(a) never entered a 
notice of appearance in this appeal.  In the absence of a representative meeting the 
requirements of Rule 15(a), the Board is unable to proceed.  Accordingly, the appeal is 
dismissed.  Nanka Constr. Co., ASBCA No. 63916, 2025 WL 1064751 (March 12, 2025) 
(dismissing appeal after appellant did not respond to multiple Board Orders on 
compliance with Board Rule 15(a)); Cent. Mach. Specialties, ASBCA No. 62635, 2021 
WL 2408207 (May 26, 2021) (same). 
 
Dated:  September 22, 2025 
 
 
 
JOHN J. THRASHER 
Administrative Judge 
Chairman 
Armed Services Board 
of Contract Appeals 
 
I concur 
 
 
 
 I concur 
 
 
 
J. REID PROUTY 
Administrative Judge 
Vice Chairman 
Armed Services Board 
of Contract Appeals 
 MICHAEL N. O’CONNELL 
Administrative Judge 
Vice Chairman 
Armed Services Board 
of Contract Appeals 
 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Order of Dismissal of the Armed 
Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 64200, Appeal of Industrial 
Fabrication Resources, Inc., rendered in conformance with the Board’s Charter. 
 
Dated:  September 22, 2025 
  
 
PAULLA K. GATES-LEWIS 
Recorder, Armed Services 
Board of Contract Appeals