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Judge denies FIGG's request to lift highway administration suspension

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Judge denies FIGG's request to lift highway administration suspension Construction DIVE A federal judge denied FIGG Bridge Engineers' and engineer William "Denney" Pate's request to lift the suspension imposed on them by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). FIGG was involved in the deadly March 2018 Florida International University bridge collapse, and for its role, the FHWA has proposed a 10-year debarment. In her Aug. 17 opinion, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found that neither FIGG nor Pate demonstrated that they would have a likelihood of success against the FHWA based on the merits of their claims. She also said they did not prove that they would suffer irreparable harm as a result of the suspension or make the case that lifting the suspension was in the public interest. Kollar-Kotelly also referenced the nearly $1 billion Houston Ship Channel Bridge project, determining that the Harris County Commissioners Court had reasons independent of the FHWA suspension such as design errors to terminate FIGG's contract. READ MORE

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