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Fraud and dysfunction undermine efforts to diversify construction
For more than a decade, Queens-based contractor Five Star Electric won lucrative government contracts, but a dark cloud loomed...
Contractors
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Not your average lien: Pierre Hotel, contractor squabble over nearly everything
A luxury hotel unwilling to pay. A subcontractor refusing to work. The fate of Saga Management Group’s mechanic’s lien...
Issue
Battle of the builders: Ranking New York’s top general contractors
Building is back. Amidst war, disease and economic uncertainty, New York’s skyline is growing, and the contractors who hoist...
National Issue Issue Archive
Contract killers: Construction disputes spell disaster for projects
Days before the opening of New York City’s second-tallest building, workers in Navillus T-shirts scurried around the construction site....
Contractor alleges George Soros’ daughter asked him to deceive city
A general contractor is accusing a member of the Soros clan of conspiracy — conspiracy to commit fraud, that...
Issue
These are the top GCs building from the ground up in each borough
This month, in addition to ranking the top general contractor firms throughout New York City, The Real Deal did...
Luxury litigation: Adam America, Slate sue over delays and shabby construction at Dumbo condo project
UPDATED, Feb. 1, 1:29 p.m.: A year ago, in the midst of disputes between the developers and contractors, new owners began to move in...
Long Island Cheat Sheet: Contractor dies in plane crash off Amagansett beach … & more
Long Island contractor dies in plane crash off Amagansett beach Contractor Ben Krupinski died Saturday when a plane carrying his family crashed in the waters...
Weekend Edition
Why UK construction giant Carillion declared bankruptcy
A crisis in the U.K.’s construction industry came to a head this week: construction giant Carillion declared bankruptcy this...
The brawn behind the boom: Ranking SoFla’s biggest general contractors
Cranes still hover at construction sites throughout South Florida, tall testimonies to the high-rise construction boom that has rebuilt...