Archive for the ‘Lawsuit’ category

Utah:-General Growth Properties and Camco Construction reach settlement

October 21st, 2009

From Desert News (UT):

General Growth Properties and Camco Construction reach settlement

General Growth Properties has signed a settlement agreement with the subcontractor who built the new Nordstrom store at Fashion Place Mall in Murray.
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Maine:-Suit against Ri Ra alleges $300K unpaid to contractor

October 20th, 2009

From seacoastonline.com (ME):

Suit against Ri Ra alleges $300K unpaid to contractor

The general contractor hired to renovate the 200-year-old building that became Ri Ra Irish Pub and Restaurant has filed suit alleging he is still owed more than $300,000 for work completed on the building earlier this year.

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New York:-Contractor Is Accused of Cheating Minority Workers Out of Wages

October 16th, 2009

Here’s an instance of a true scumbag…he lives in a mansion at Pearl River, while everyone else works their tail off..

From the NY Times (NY):

Contractor Is Accused of Cheating Minority Workers Out of Wages

… according to a civil suit filed Thursday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan by the state attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, one contractor routinely shortchanged hundreds of immigrant workers and forced them to work as many as 70 hours a week. The contractor, Michael Mahoney, chief executive of EMC Construction, instituted a three-tiered wage rate in which Irish workers were paid $25 an hour, African-Americans about $18 and Latino employees $15, the suit says.

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Illinois sues Chicago-area roofing firm

October 8th, 2009

From Chicago Tribune (IL):

Illinois sues Chicago-area roofing firm

Illinois’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit alleging a suburban Chicago contractor solicited roofing contracts without a license and for work he either failed to do or did poorly.
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Contract Discriminates Against Majority of New Hampshire’s Construction Workforce

October 6th, 2009

It appears this firm has decided to take on the unions…

From the American Surveyor (NH/DC):

Contract Discriminates Against Majority of New Hampshire’s Construction Workforce

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) member company North Branch Construction, a Concord, N.H.-based general contractor, Oct. 5 filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The complaint accuses the DOL of violating federal law by mandating the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) – a controversial contract that strongly favors union-signatory contractors, increases the cost of construction up to 18 percent, and restricts competition from nonunion contractors and their qualified workforce – in its bid specifications for the construction of a federal DOL Job Corps center in Manchester, N.H.

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Ullrich water plant suit settled for $5M

October 4th, 2009

From statesman.com (TX):

Ullrich water plant suit settled for $5M

The Austin City Council agreed Thursday to settle a lawsuit brought by a construction firm for $5 million.

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