Legal Cement Makers' Settlement with EPA Includes $1.3M Penalty Tom Ichniowski December 4, 2019 No Comments Agreement with Lehigh Cement and Lehigh White also calls for $12 million for pollution-control upgrades at 11 plants including one in New York state.Read More
Ex-Detroit Demolition Official Sentenced for Taking Bribes Jeff Yoders October 2, 2019 No Comments Aradondo Haskins, a former Detroit demolition projects official, has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for accepting $26,500 in bribes from contractors and rigging bids to tear down homes in a federally funded demolition program. Read More
Legal Hyundai to Pay $47M to Settle Construction Equipment's Alleged Clean Air Violations Tom Ichniowski September 30, 2019 No Comments Government charges that Hyundai nonroad vehicles didn't meet updated emissions standards.Read More
Water Infrastructure In Consent Decree, NYC Agrees to Carry Out $3B in Reservoir Projects Tom Ichniowski March 18, 2019 No Comments Projects include $1.6-billion cover for Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers.Read More
Legal South Korean Construction Firm Employees Indicted on U.S. Bribery Charge Tom Ichniowski November 12, 2018 No Comments Case deals with $400 million-plus in construction contracts at U.S. Army base in Korea.Read More
Legal Indiana Construction Union Officials Indicted on Extortion Charges Tom Ichniowski August 24, 2018 No Comments One current and one former official of an Indiana iron workers' union local pleaded not guilty in federal court.Read More
Legal Michigan Construction Firm To Pay $2.5M To Settle False-Claims Allegations Tom Ichniowski July 27, 2018 No Comments U.S. DOJ contends Sorensen Gross violated subcontracting requirements on a project in Jordan.Read More
Legal Texas Construction Firm Officials Sentenced in Contract-Fraud Case Tom Ichniowski July 13, 2018 No Comments Justice Dept. says HERC Solutions LLC executives defrauded State Dept. out of about $1.4 million.Read More
Legal Ex-Missouri Contractors Plead Guilty to 'Front' Firm Charges Tom Ichniowski February 6, 2018 No Comments Justice Dept. alleges former executives improperly got contracts set aside for firms owned by disabled veterans.Read More
Construction Materials After Settlement With Justice Dept., Vulcan Buys Aggregates Company Tom Ichniowski December 23, 2017 No Comments Company divests some quarries to gain DOJ approval of $900-million purchase of Aggregates USA.Read More
