In a sign that tensions may continue to rise as officials debate whether to relocate Dallas City Hall, a city council member is pointing to a past legal settlement involving AECOM, the firm that helped produce the building’s property condition assessment.
Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) shared yesterday a 2023 Dallas Morning News article about a federal settlement involving AECOM’s work as a federal contractor following Hurricane Katrina.
AECOM agreed to pay $11.8 million to resolve allegations that employees included “materially false design, damage, and replacement eligibility descriptions” in disaster aid applications for public buildings in New Orleans, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The company did not admit wrongdoing and said at the time it settled to avoid the cost and distraction of litigation…