A Tennessee road-building and site excavation company has settled a federal bid suspension and escaped disbarment by the Federal Highway Administration by agreeing to add a compliance officer and to submit to independent monitors after charges it submitted false claims involving a minority-owned subcontractor.
The settlement, effective Jan. 8, lifts a halt issued Oct. 21, 2015, to Civil Constructors LLC, Franklin, Tenn. The company paid $400,000 in Sept. 2015 to settle government charges it used a woman-owned firm as a “pass through” for work done by a non-DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise) company. Civil Constructors did not admit criminal or civil liability but did take responsibility for the action, and agreed to a three-year effective period of the deal, signed by Walter C. Waidelich, FHWA suspending and debarring official, and Joe L. Rodgers, company president.