Opinion ID: 1625348
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Installation of 18-Gauge Wall Studs

Text: R & S also claimed additional expense for the installation of 18-gauge metal wall studs. R & S had prepared the construction budget utilizing the estimated cost of installing 25-gauge wall studs based upon pre-bid discussions with TSP. According to the memorandum decision, TSP had design notes and other data within its offices establishing the correct specification before the contract was signed. Although this information was known to TSP, it failed to communicate it to R & S. The trial court rejected TSP's defense that R & S should have known this type of project would require 18-gauge wall studs stating that this was [simply] another failure of the so-called team approach, similar to the failure to communicate the Nash-Finch plans to R & S.