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11/05/08	Alaska Contractor Is Central To Sen. Stevens' Conviction By Weld Royal Not very much has changed for Bill Allen, the former CEO of Anchorage oil construction services firm VECO Corp., since his testimony last month helped to convict Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens (R) on bribery and conspiracy charges.
10/05/08	Tetra Tech Demotes President Over Status of College Degree By Debra K. Rubin A 40-year industry executive loses the president's job because his credentials were "misreported," the company says.
11/05/08	Contractor Suit Claiming Extortion By Utility Employees Set for Trial Trial is set to start in early January in a Jefferson County, Ala., court for a lawsuit filed by Hand Contractors, Augaugaville, alleging that quality-control inspectors from Alabama Power Co. repeatedly extorted money and goods from the firm between 2003 and 2005.

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10/22/08 Chinese Official Receives Death Sentence for Corruption on Construction Jobs
10/07/08 Tetra Tech Demotes President Over Status of College Degree
09/29/08 Feds Drop Charges Against Schiavone Manager
09/29/08 Trial Starts for Stevens On Charges Involving VECO
09/10/08 Ex-KBR CEO Guilty of Bribery
09/10/08 The Facility Group Struggles to Regroup
08/06/08 Ex-Tishman Manager Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $2.8 Million
08/06/08 Case Against Schiavone Exec Set To Be Dropped by Feds
08/06/08 Feds Drop Charges Against Schiavone Manager
07/30/08 U.S. Senator Ted Stevens Indicted In Charges Related to VECO Case
05/28/08 Federal Agents Probing Building-Permit Crimes File Charges
05/14/08 Contractors Get New Tool In Combatting Corruption Overseas
05/07/08 Construction Contractors Follow Defense Peers in Ethics Push
04/16/08 Inspector General's Probe Finds Corruption in Crane Licensing
04/16/08 United Rentals Co-Founder Indicted as Fraud Probe Widens
04/23/08 Britain Claims Bids Were Rigged
04/11/08 Prosecutors Charge Leaders Of Western N.Y. Locals
03/26/08 New York City Bridge Officials Plead Guilty To Taking Bribes
03/05/08 McCourt Construction Charged In Overbilling Scheme on CA/T
02/06/08 New Owner Pushes Change For Scandal-Plagued Veco
01/03/08 Federal Contractors Must Have Ethics Program Under Rule
01/09/08 Federal Regulators Detail United Rentals Fraud Scheme

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