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Bechtel Corporation

NTSB Report on July 2006 Big Dig Tunnel Ceiling Collapse

Date: 07/10/2007 (Date of Press Release)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Transportation

Contracting Party: State/Local

Court Type: N/A

Amount: $0

Disposition: Investigative Finding

Synopsis: In a report on the Boston Big Dig tunnel ceiling collapse that killed a woman in 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board partly blamed the accident on mistakes made by Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff. The NTSB also faulted other builders, suppliers and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, finding they should have known that the epoxy glue used to fasten ceiling panel bolts into place could slip over time, and that they should have better monitored the panels after bolts were found slipping out of place in 1999. See related Bechtel Corporation misconduct instance “Construction Mismanagement on the Boston Central Artery/ Tunnel Project.”