Mass. AG investigates allegations of substandard Big Dig …
Federal and Massachusetts prosecutors are investigating allegations that Aggregate Industries, the largest supplier of concrete to the Big Dig, delivered substandard …
Aggregate Industries Calls on Industry to Dig Deeper for …
Aggregate Industries Calls on Industry to Dig Deeper for Diversity Amid this year's National Inclusion Week (23-29 September), Aggregate Industries has commented that, despite progress being made, there is still more employers can do to support diversity, inclusion and equality across the construction industry.
Big Dig Concrete Supplier Aggregate to Pay $42 Million
The company suspected of supplying the substandard concrete used in Boston's Big Dig has agreed to pay $42 million to settle civil and criminal investigations, according to …
Part 8: I Want Justice for What Happened | GBH
NARR: In total, Aggregate Industries billed the Big Dig for 135,000 truckloads of concrete. Dan Johnston: What I told the feds was that I couldn't swear under oath that even one truckload …
Aggregate Industries NE Inc. Substandard Concrete …
Boston, MA: (Jul-28-07) A lawsuit was filed against Aggregate Industries NE Inc., alleging the construction company supplied substandard concrete to Boston's Big Dig project.
Mass. AG investigates allegations of substandard Big Dig …
Federal and Massachusetts prosecutors are investigating allegations that Aggregate Industries, the largest supplier of concrete to the Big Dig, delivered substandard concrete to the $14.6 billion project. Investigators have turned up evidence that the company had drawn up phony documents to make it appear that truckloads of old or rejected concrete were …
Arrests made in Big Dig scandal
He said Aggregate is not a Big Dig contractor but has provided materials to contractors working on the project. Amorello said any attempt by Aggregate to skirt industry practices is unacceptable ...
Big Dig Concrete Supplier Aggregate to Pay $42 Million
The company suspected of supplying the substandard concrete used in Boston's Big Dig has agreed to pay $42 million to settle civil and criminal investigations, according to an article in today's Boston Globe.. Six managers from Aggregate Industries NE Inc. were indicted in federal court in May 2006, on conspiracy charges they knowingly delivered at least 5,000 …
6 Charged With Fraud in Big Dig Project
BOSTON, May 4 - Six employees of a company that provided most of the concrete for the Big Dig have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of using substandard mixtures in the project ...
Triumph, Tragedy Mark Boston's Big Dig Project : CEG
Also in 2006, six managers from Aggregate Industries NE Inc. were indicted on charges of running a conspiracy that delivered 5,000 truckloads of tainted concrete, approximately 1.2 percent of the ...
Stimulating Another "Big Dig"?
The "Big Dig," which cost $22 billion and was the most expensive highway project in the U.S., rerouted Interstate 93 underneath the center of Boston. The project was plagued with problems, mainly due to shoddy construction and inferior materials. In 2007, the state of Massachusetts announced a fraud settlement against Aggregate Industries ...
Concrete supplier indicted in Boston 'Big Dig' scandal
Aggregate said in a statement Thursday that it would cooperate with authorities. "As a result of extensive testing by industry experts, Aggregate Industries is satisfied that all of the concrete it has supplied on the Big Dig and throughout the commonwealth is structurally sound," the …
Arrests made in Boston's Big Dig investigation
The six men, all current or former employees of Aggregate Industries, face a variety of charges including making false statements, mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the …
FBI — Two Former Managers for Big Dig Contractor Sentenced
Two Former Managers for Big Dig Contractor Sentenced U.S. Attorney's Office May 26, 2010: District of Massachusetts (617) 748-3100; BOSTON—Two former managers of Aggregate Industries Inc., the ...
FBI — Employees of Big Dig Contractor Convicted of Fraud
BOSTON, MA—Six former managers of Aggregate Industries N.E., Inc.'s concrete division, the largest asphalt and concrete supply company in New England, were convicted of conspiracy to …
Big Dig Concrete Supplier Aggregate to Pay $42 Million
Read more on the Big Dig materials failure and see appalling aftermath photos and diagrams at Design News' Big Dig coverage page. The company suspected of supplying the substandard concrete used in Boston's Big Dig has agreed to pay $42 million to settle civil and criminal investigations, according to an article in today's Boston Globe.. Six managers from …
Employees of Big Dig Contractor Convicted of Fraud
August 5, 09 NEWS / Employees of Big Dig Contractor Convicted of Fraud BOSTON, MA—Six former managers of Aggregate Industries N.E., Inc.'s concrete division, the largest asphalt and concrete supply company in New England, were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States by a jury in U.S. District Court in Boston late yesterday.
Boston's Big Dig: when concrete goes wrong
And in 2007, concrete supply company Aggregate Industries agreed to pay $50m to settle a lawsuit brought against it by federal authorities for supplying substandard concrete to the Big Dig. It was alleged the company …
Arrests For Big Dig Concrete Fraud
Lawyers for Aggregate Industries have defended the quality of its concrete and said it never delivered any that did not meet strength specifications called for in its state contract. A...
Massachusetts: Settlement in Big Dig Case
A concrete supplier for the Big Dig in Boston has agreed to pay $50 million to end civil and criminal investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete used in the massive highway project ...
Big Dig managers guilty of fraud over substandard concrete
In total six former managers of Aggregate Industries, which was working on the highway project in the city, were indicted in 2006 on charges that they falsified records hiding …
"Big Dig" supplier to pay $50 million fine | Reuters
A company that sold substandard concrete for use in Boston's troubled $15 billion "Big Dig" road and tunnel construction project has agreed to pay a $50 million fine, U.S. and Massachusetts ...
Six Charged for Big Dig Concrete Fraud |
A federal grand jury sitting in Boston has handed up a 135-count indictment against six employees of Aggregate Industries NE Inc., Saugus, Mass., for allegedly supplying at least 50,000 cu yd of ...
Big Dig managers guilty of fraud over substandard concrete
"It is important to note, however, that the evidence at trial once again showed that the concrete provided by Aggregate Industries Northeast to the Big Dig was both safe and strong." The firm pleaded guilty to fraud charges in 2007 and paid a $50 million settlement to bring criminal and civil inquiries to an end.
FBI — Two Former Managers for Big Dig Contractor Sentenced
BOSTON—Two former managers of Aggregate Industries Inc., the largest concrete supplier on the Big Dig project, were sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston. Despite...
Concrete supplier indicted in Boston 'Big Dig' scandal – …
Aggregate said in a statement Thursday that it would cooperate with authorities. "As a result of extensive testing by industry experts, Aggregate Industries is satisfied that all of the concrete it has supplied on the Big Dig and throughout the commonwealth is structurally sound," the …
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The Big Dig ... concrete companies and government contractors on the Big Dig, including Aggregate ... Go to Product Center. Firms that broke law still get tax dollars - CNN, The company supplied thousands of truckloads of substandard concrete to Boston's "Big Dig" project. The "Big Dig ... Aggregate for another project and ... Go to Product ...
The Big Dig: A Hole in the Heart and Wallets of Bostonians …
The Big Dig, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), was constructed in an attempt to reduce the congestion in the heart of the city of Boston. The massive highway project reroutes the Central Artery of Interstate 93 (I-93) underground and extends I-90 with the Ted Williams Tunnel. ... Aggregate Industries & Substandard ...
CONCRETE FIRM NAMED IN BIG DIG FRAUD CASE STILL AT …
BOSTON, OCT. 25, 2006.....Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff isn't the only contractor under fire who is still working on the Big Dig. On Wednesday morning, a pair of Aggregate Industries concrete trucks were
Arrests made in Big Dig scandal
Six men who worked for the Big Dig's largest concrete supplier were arrested yesterday on federal charges that they falsified records to hide the inferior quality of concrete …
Six Arrested in Probe of Boston's Big Dig Highway Project
Aggregate provided 60 percent of the concrete used to build the Big Dig, according to the highway project's Web site. The company was acquired this year by Holcim Ltd., a Swiss company with U.S ...
Bechtel and Parsons Brinkerhoff — $407 Million
Bechtel and Parsons Brinckerhoff, the management consultants to the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the so-called "Big Dig" project, a massive $14.6 billion reconstruction of downtown Boston's roadways, tunnels, and bridges, agreed to pay over $407 million to resolve their civil and criminal liabilities to the government in connection with the "Big …