Major "Big Dig" contractor faces federal charges (Modern Continental Construction Company)

[Ian David]

Major "Big Dig" contractor faces federal charges
Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:48pm EDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have charged the largest contractor in Boston's $15 billion "Big Dig" road and tunnel construction project with lying about faulty work on a section where a ceiling panel killed a woman.

The U.S. attorney's on Friday charged Modern Continental Construction Co in federal court with knowingly using the wrong epoxy to suspend concrete anchors that failed in the 2006 ceiling collapse that a crushed a car.

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The company was also named in a November 2006 civil lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts attorney general against 15 companies that worked on the project.

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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board blamed the collapse on the wrong kind of glue used to hold up the concrete ceiling, and criticized the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority for poor oversight and noted mistakes by contractors.

More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2139434320080621?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews



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