In an Oct. 30 statement, the company said the agreement “does not indicate any of these tests or procedures were discriminatory, nor any [that] an other discriminatory acts were committed by M.C. Dean, nor any specific persons were discriminated against.”

The agreement also notes the company’s work on training and apprenticeship, including spending more than $430,000 since 2010 on an apprenticeship program at Washington, D.C., high schools and construction of an apprenticeship training facility in Baltimore.

Company CEO Dean said, “The agreement in no way diminishes the success of M.C. Dean’s outreach initiatives in the past, nor will it hinder us from continuing to pioneer innovative workforce development initiatives in the future.”

The company said that in 2010, hours worked by minority field trade employees accounted for about 52% of its engineering and construction division's total, well above the DOL's 28% goal. M.C. Dean also said minorities currently comprise 47% of the engineering and construction unit's field workforce.

M.C. Dean ranks 18th on ENR's latest Top 600 Specialty Contractors list, reporting $590.1 million in 2012 revenue. The company also is sixth on ENR's electrical contractors list.