BRAC adds facilities and jobs to Wright-Patterson AFB

The Army Corps of Engineers awarded Butt Construction Company, partnered with Archer Weston, a $194 M contract to build new research facilities at Wright-Patterson AFB. See the story here. This new construction is related to the planned BRAC move concentrating some human factors and other S&T work at Wright-Patterson. Read more

Construction contractor pleads guilty for defrauding DoD on Pentagon rebuilding

February 21, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Department of Defense, crime 

This is a really bad story. A construction company in Pennsylvania plead guilty to falsely billing DoD for reconstruction of the Pentagon after 9/11 and stealing supplies for his own use. See The Pittsburgh Gazette for more. Really not much more to say here except one hopes that the judge throws the book at them. Also involved was a manager for the prime contractor on the contract who was taking kickbacks.