Opinion ID: 1195492
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The alleged representations of weather conditions.

Text: The Contractor contends that false representations of conditions at the site were made by the State, as follows:

3. The contract did not contain cold weather specifications, i.e., specifications which would require the Contractor to create an artificially warm environment so as to protect the work from the effects of severe weather. It is argued that the State affirmatively represented that the weather during the 1967-68 construction period would not be worse than that of the winter of 1965-66 as shown in the State's weather data, that the temperature would be above 40° F and 50° F as needed to permit compliance with the specifications without delay and that cold-weather provisions would not be necessary for construction. We are referred to no authority for reading into these data and specifications any representation of future conditions. The most that can be said in support of the Contractor's contention, we believe, is that the Contractor had some basis for believing that normal weather conditions were consistent with the inferences that might be drawn from these data and specifications. But the risk of abnormal weather is borne by the Contractor even where the contract provides for relief if unknown and unusual conditions are encountered. Hardeman-Monier-Hutcherson v. United States, supra . A warranty that the progress of construction will not be impeded by abnormal weather conditions will not easily be implied. Lenry, Inc. v. United States, 297 F.2d 550, 156 Ct. Cl. 46 (1962). The Contractor has not shown any representation by the State of the weather conditions which would be encountered at the site of the work. [5] .