A Chicago-based subcontractor is suing one of the firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center for $40 million, claiming racial discriminatory practices.

A Chicago-based general contractor part of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction team has filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Thornton Tomasetti, the office providing ...

A South Side contractor has sued engineering consulting firm Thornton Tomasetti for $40 million relating to the construction of the Obama Presidential Center. II in One Contractors, which ...

A Chicago-based concrete subcontractor has filed a $40-million federal lawsuit against Thornton Tomasetti, which is providing structural engineering and protective design services for the Obama ...

McGee, owner of II in One, claims that Thornton Tomasetti, an engineering firm on the project, subjected his company to excessive paperwork and inspections, leading to financial strain.

Construction of former President Barack Obama's long-awaited library and museum in Chicago began with ambitious plans for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) but is now plagued by huge cost ...

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A Black-owned subcontractor working on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago filed a $41 million federal lawsuit against one of the construction firms managing the $830 million project ...

This latest lawsuit follows an already yearsl-ong pause in the construction of the Obama Presidential Library. A federal lawsuit filed in January by Robert McGee, the owner of II in One, a Black ...

McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards ...

McGee alleged that he and his firm were racially discriminated against by Thornton Tomasetti, a New York-based company that oversees structural engineering and design services. In the lawsuit ...