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Construction’s quality control lab is working with on the science behind preventing potholes. The current process has become more sophisticated with updated mixes, quality control, application and assessment. The methods are constantly changing to ensure smooth sailing when the rubber hits
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Certified Business Enterprise (CBE), allowing it to receive preference in procurement opportunities offered by the District of Columbia. The company has dominated the program for small business and minority set asides. Court filings contested the need for the benefit
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Construction was incorporated in 1972 by Jose Rodriguez, a Portuguese immigrant. Rodriguez also owns District Paving, another contractor, and bought one of his major competitors, Roubin & Janeiro. Rodriguez's brother, Francisco Rodriguez-Neto, owns Capitol Paving, another contractor.
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Hispanics and African Americans at lower hourly rates for the same work. Supervisors sexually harassed females subordinates and used
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Construction overbilled the government by inflating the cost of asphalt for construction jobs between 1995 and 1998. To make sure they were paid, the company bribed nine D.C. Department of Public Works employees, for which it pleaded guilty in 2003 and paid $ 900,000 in fines. Once
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