Justice Dept. effort links with US Attorneys and IG investigators to find bid collusion on government contracts and private sector work that undermines competition, federal officials say.
The U.K. Technology and Construction Court ordered WS Atkins, the U.K.-based infrastructure unit of SNC Lavalin Group to compensate the design-build contractor on the East Kent Access Road Phase 2 project for remedial work on the highway and legal costs for deficient work.
As risks rise higher on fixed-price P3 and other projects for builders, financiers and owners, participants refine—and rethink—their delivery strategies.
When the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans partially collapsed on Oct. 12, the initial response was one of search and rescue, as well as a dramatic effort to secure the site that led to the controlled demolition of two tower cranes.
After the latest distressing round of California wildfires and blackouts, more needs to be done to improve, not just rebuild, the aged power grid now recognized as causing some of the fires.