In another action linked to an ongoing probe of fraudulent concrete testing in New York City, American Standard Testing and Consulting Laboratories Inc., its owner and several employees have pleaded guilty to falsifying testing and inspection reports on some of the city's largest public and private projects, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., said on Dec. 14.
The guilty pleas follows the August 2011 indictment of the firm, owner Alan Fortich and five engineers for submitting fraudulent test reports and not performing certain safety tests and inspections to insure concrete strength and quality under the city's building code. According to Vance, contractors, engineers and architects hired the firm for such work.