A Gilbane Building Co.-Hunt Construction Group Inc. joint venture has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations by Massachusetts prosecutors that it falsely inflated participation of woman- and minority-owned subcontractors on a $100-million city-funded minor league ballpark project in Worcester.
Providence, R.I.-based Gilbane and Indianapolis-based Hunt agreed to the payment and to hire independent compliance monitors for three years, under settlement terms with the office of state Attorney General Maura Healey that resolve the federal False Claims Act case.