CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

"News and Information for Construction Defect and Claims Professionals"

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2026

Michigan Bid-Rig Plea Lands Former Asphalt Paving Executive in Prison

Prison

Cases involving other contractors remain unresolved.

May 6, 2025

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Elaine Silver - Engineering News-Record

A federal judge has sentenced one of several people charged in a Michigan asphalt paving price-fixing scheme to prison.

Elaine Silver, Engineering News-Record

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