Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 7, 1978 (Meathe v. State University Construction Fund)

lead-opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

In 1969 defendant initiated plans to construct buildings at the campus located at Stony Brook. Plaintiffs, an architectural firm and its president, were contacted because of their expertise in the so-called "fast track” method of construction by which actual construction is commenced prior to the completion of all design, planning, bidding and