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Ethics & Corruption
Reports about design professional practice ethics and investigations and civil and criminal cases related to bidding and building, including political donations, organized crime, conflicts of interest, bribery, embezzlement, bid-rigging and relationships with clients and the public. |
2009 Headlines
| 12/02/09 | Graft Investigators Are Named In Operating Engineers Case U.S. District Court Judge Sterling Johnson, sitting in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 25 named two attorneys, including a former federal corruption prosecutor, to probe continuing graft allegations against two key operating engineers’ locals in New York City. |
| 10/14/09 | U.K. Recruiters Face Big Fines As the biggest cartel member, Hays plc, London, was fined $48 million by the government's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) late last month. |
| 08/12/09 | Controversy Over Old Job Costs Hardin Construction New Work The University of Georgia Athletic Association has dropped Hardin Construction Co. as prime contractor on an $18.6-million expansion of an office and practice facility building in Athens, Ga. |
More News
07/15/09 U.K. Bridge Maker Is First To Be Cited 07/15/09 Two Plead Guilty To Supplying Faulty Concrete to CA/T Project
07/10/09 U.K. Bridge Firm Admits Overseas Corruption
05/27/09 Stimulus Windfall Could Boost Fraud
05/13/09 Corps of Engineers Official Indicted On Corruption Charges in Iraq
05/06/09 U.S. Valve-Firm Executives Indicted for Global Bribery
04/23/09 Internal Review Clears Society of Ethics Violations
04/22/09 Illinois Boosts Project Funding But Not Without Major Reform
04/22/09 Probe of New York Utility Yields Two More Construction Arrests
04/15/09 Internal Review Clears Society of Ethics Violations
04/09/09 ASCE Ethics Committee Clears Staff and Members
04/01/09 Brazilian Kickback Probe Hits Contractor's Executive Suite
01/28/09 World Bank Debars Seven Contractors
01/23/09 World Bank Debars Seven Contractors On Philippine Roadbuilding Project
01/23/09 Shaw Group Unit Fined $6.2 Million For Recordkeeping Improprieties
01/21/09 Con Ed Construction Officials Arrested in Contractor Scheme
01/15/09 NYC Utility Employees Arrested in Contractor Bribe Scheme
01/05/09 Rigger Faces Manslaughter Charges In Deadly NYC Tower Crane Collapse
| Past Coverage: | 2010 2009 2008 |
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