Settlement resolves United Builders Group Co.'s alleged misclassification of nearly 100 employees as independent contractors with no overtime wages paid. 

Electrical contractor Power Design, general contractor John Moriarty & Associates and other firms agree to $3.45M pact that includes restitution for wages and benefits the city claimed were not provided to 1,200 workers, and civil penalties.

A Michigan court judge granted final approval of the mostly state-funded settlement with many young plaintiffs in tainted water case, but two engineering firms are not part of the agreement.

Using a modified method, Shimmick’s Legacy Foundations restarted work on the troubled perimeter pile upgrade of the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco.

State reached agreement to pay homeowners and businesses for lead-tainted water but its lawsuits against consultants that advised the city will continue.

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts reached a settlement with the family of an 18-year-old killed in the Sept. 13 gas explosions north of Boston.