Thomas Hill, who had led the Idaho contractor, apologized in a statement, saying "that no context or excuse can mitigate the pain associated with this
symbol.”
In his ruling, a judge sided with the construction manager and four sub-contractors on all but two claims following the completion of a 23-story tower.
Veterans' agency, which builds health care and other facilities, cited a Jan. 21 court ruling against the Biden-era agreement in a directive to remove it from construction contracts.
Despite new court ruling that the agency must cut use of PLAs in its construction, the U.S. General Services Administration will keep it as an option for other projects
The General Services Administration has made an exception to Biden-era rules that require project labor agreements on all large projects, exempting land port of entry projects from the rule, stating that doing so would be "impracticable."