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ARTICLES

Work to Restart on Brazilian Tunneling Job After 5-Year Hiatus

Peter Reina

May 17, 2021

São Paulo metro work constitutes region's largest P3 contract.

Peter Reina

October 6, 2020

Work on the Sao Paulo P3 project halted in 2016 after country's 'carwash' bribe scandal.

Debra K. Rubin

September 5, 2019

Brazil builder, in bankruptcy, to donate $50M to fix communities but faces limited bid debarment in Latin America bank pact.

Odebrecht Looks to Rebuild Portfolio As Corruption Scandal Lingers

Augusto Diniz

February 5, 2019

After a tumultuous few years at the center of a national corruption scandal, Brazil-based Odebrecht is looking to move on. And despite ongoing investigations, the firm has continued to book work both in Brazil and abroad.

International Construction

World Bank Debars Odebrecht Subsidiary for Alleged Fraud

Tom Ichniowski

January 30, 2019

Bank's 3-year ban sparked by company's actions on Colombian water project.

Odebrecht Tries to 'Turn the Page' After Bribery Scandal

Pam Radtke Russell

July 5, 2017

Odebrecht executives began the task of rebuilding the scandal-ridden Brazilian company’s reputation at its business and engineering conference in New Orleans last month.

Stadiums and Arenas

Disappointment on an Olympian Scale After Rio 2016 Summer Games

Sports infrastructure crumbles less than a year after Olympic Games end

Augusto Diniz

February 21, 2017

Touted as a way to deliver sustainable, badly needed amenities, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games instead is a sad monument to corruption and poor planning.

Risk Management

How Does the Rio Olympics Construction Measure Up?

Despite fanfare, Olympic Games are still costly and challenging engineering projects

Augusto Diniz

Tudor Van Hampton

August 12, 2016

The construction industry continues to study the multiyear buildup of the Rio Olympics as a costly and challenging engineering project that provides lessons for future cities hosting large programs such as the Summer Games.

Project Delivery

Why Dallas Called for Do-Over On Big Drainage Tunnel Project

An audit followed disqualification of Odebrecht Construction's low bid on Trinity River watershed job

Scott Van Voorhis

Richard Korman

July 6, 2016

After discarding both the low and second-low bids, the city of Dallas has decided to start over with a competition for a big drainage-tunnel prime contract in the Trinity River watershed in the east section of the city.