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Economic Waste

This doctrine holds that the Government should not be permitted to require replacement under the Inspection of Construction clause where the installed product substantially complied with the specifications and its removal would result in economic waste. Granite Construction v. United States, 962 F.2d 998 at 1007 (Fed. Cir. 1992); Toombs & Co., Inc., ASBCA Nos. 34590, et.