Site and utility challenges, critical backstage requirements and bringing the owner’s vision to life complicated the design and construction of this $$338-million P3 project for the University of Texas at Austin.
Kuwaiti translators hired by a former AECOM business and contractor DynCorp under two large US Army contracts claim in a whistleblower lawsuit that the firms knew of alleged abuses, a case that a US district court judge allowed on March 9 to proceed; the firms now operate as Amentum.
Austrian contractor Strabag confirms ownership link to Russian oligarch but cites no EU, UK or US sanctions and has cut off dividends to his firm; long-time Ukraine contractor Onur Group will stay put "but we are watching the developments sadly and with concern,” says an official.
Appellate judges said lower court must reconsider whether former employee's fraud claims on $1.9B Army contract were 'material' under the US False Claims Act against the unit, which was sold in 2020.
A key component of the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System in northeastern Utah, the North Fork Siphon was a 72-in.-dia, prestressed concrete cylinder pipe at the end of its useful life.