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  • January 2008
    • Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      (Newser) - Contractors on the botched Boston construction project dubbed the Big Dig will pay state and federal authorities $458 million for its “gross failures.” But Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff will avoid criminal charges for a fatal 2006 ceiling collapse and won’t be banned from future government contracts, the Boston Herald reports. Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley called it “the best possible solution.” More »

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      Boston   Massachusetts   construction   contractors   Deval Patrick   Big Dig

  • December 2007
    • Boston's $14.8B 'Big Dig' All Dug

      Boston's $14.8B 'Big Dig' All Dug

      (Newser) - The most complicated and expensive highway project in American history is finally complete, AP reports. After 16 years of excavating and building, the ambitious "Big Dig" tunnel project under Boston will be turned over to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority January 1. The final price tag was $14.8 billion—$12 billion over the first estimate in 1982. More »

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      Boston   construction   highways   excavation   Big Dig

  • August 2007
    • Glue Company Indicted in Big Dig Death

      Glue Company Indicted in Big Dig Death

      (Newser) - A glue company has been indicted for manslaughter for its role in a fatal accident in Boston's controversial Big Dig tunnel. Powers Fasteners of New York supplied adhesives for use in a ceiling which collapsed, killing a 38-year-old woman in a car. The adhesive used in the construction was not intended for long term use. More »

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      accident   Boston   manslaughter   Big Dig   glue   adhesive

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