Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2017
Work will likely resume soon on the nearly completed McLean County Regional Water Plant project, two months after the bankruptcy of Evansville contractors Peyronnin Construction brought most of the work at the Calhoun site to a standstill. Bill Quisenberry, attorney for the McLean County Regional Water Commission, said when Peyronnin filed bankruptcy Jan. 9, a trustee was appointed by a …
The former owner of a suburban construction business convicted of acting as an illegal front so another company could secure a lucrative city airport contract was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in federal prison. Read the full article >>>
Introduction In 1983, in recognition of the historical impact of discrimination on the ability of racial and minority-owned businesses to contract with the government, the federal government passed a federal disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) programme which has been reauthorised as recently as 2015 in Section 1101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Pub L 114-94. The purpose of the …
Apartment building developers have a lot to worry about. So many new developments are under construction, they are likely to compete with each other and not just for residents. Developers are also competing to find construction workers to build their projects. “A very tight construction labor market is going to get even worse,” says Bill McDonald, president and chief investment …
The general contractor building what will soon be Austin’s largest hotel has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $27 million in damages against a subcontractor that allegedly caused the project to fall behind schedule. Read the full article>>>
In May 2014 the Cherokee Nation issued a bid notice for bridge and roadway construction in Mayes County, Oklahoma (the “Project”). Funding was authorized pursuant to the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of the Interior’s Tribal Transportation Program, 23 U.S.C. – 202, by which federal funding is offered to Native American tribal governments to pay the costs of certain transportation …
Two contractors involved in building the Assembly Square T station knowingly submitted inflated payment estimates for materials and will pay large fines and penalties to resolve the case, according to the Office of Attorney General Maura Healey. Read the full article >>>
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that the state will use a $460 million public-private partnership to add more high-occupancy toll lanes to the Alexandria-to-DC portion of Interstate 395, according to WAMU. Read the full article >>>
A small group of subcontractors protested Saturday morning outside City Hall, demanding that the City of Brownsville pay them for work they have completed. They entered into a project with the city in April 2015 on the Southmost Hike and Bike Trail, and despite repeated promises that they would be paid, nothing has come of it, said Jorge Contla, the …
It’s been less than two weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he has fulfilled his campaign promises of shaking up the political world. The ink is not yet dry on several of his executive orders and other memoranda that have turned immigration, national security and infrastructure into coast-to-coast topics of conversation and fiery debate. The construction industry-related directives that …
