After the initial launch for Boeing’s Starliner was scrapped last week due to a leaky valve, NASA could be looking to give it another go later this week. But one contractor is surprisingly and publicly asking the agency to reconsider the launch, which it warned could end in catastrophe. ValveTech, a company that designs and […]
A contractor for Nasa urged the space agency to conduct more safety checks before the highly-anticipated first launch of its Starliner rocket – which is set to take off as soon as next week – “before something catastrophic happens”. ValveTech, a contractor that supplies Nasa with valve components for the Starliner aircraft, warned against the […]
A contractor for Nasa urged the space agency to conduct more safety checks before the highly-anticipated first launch of its Starliner rocket – which is set to take off as soon as next week – “before something catastrophic happens”. ValveTech, a contractor that supplies Nasa with valve components for the Starliner aircraft, warned against the […]
Shut It Down A NASA contractor is urging the space agency to suspend the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch over major safety concerns with the aerospace company’s wares. In a press release, the president of ValveTech, a NASA contractor that supplies the agency with parts, warned that the buzzing sound heard during the now-scrubbed Starliner launch […]
The Iowa Supreme Court recently sided with the University of Iowa, reversing a lower court decision and nullifying a decision that would have forced the university to pay nearly $12.8 million in restitution. The state’s high court ruled on April 26 that a previous jury decision awarding Cedar Rapids-based Modern Piping, Inc. an eight-figure restitution […]
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — An investigation into alleged contractor fraud in Jefferson Parish has led to a man’s arrest. Deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announced Friday, May 3, the arrest of 50-year-old Marlon Thomas. According to deputies, the arrest comes after several complaints […]
Apr. 30—A Birdsboro man faces home improvement fraud charges after a West Lawn homeowner said the contractor left a partially completed patio project and stopped returning her calls after she paid him nearly $13,000 in advance to complete the work. Adam Koronya, 38, of the 400 block of East Eighth Street remained free to await […]
ST. LOUIS – It’s a construction project soaring into the tens of millions of dollars here in the St. Louis metro area, but construction crews hit a bump. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is spending $63 million to rehabilitate 26 bridges along I-55, connecting the City of St. Louis to South St. Louis County. […]
A Walled Lake garage contractor, Artemio Sessions, was sentenced to 40-240 months in prison for repeatedly scamming homeowners out of tens of thousands of dollars. Sessions, 56, was convicted of felony charges for the scheme he ran through his business, Garages R Us. Sixth Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Matthews delivered the sentence on Monday, Michigan […]
Industrial contractor HFT’s offices are in McMurray, Pa. HFT will design and build a sodium silicates production line for an Augusta liquid glass factory. An Augusta factory that makes industrial-grade “liquid glass” has selected a Pennsylvania contractor to design and build the factory’s new production line. PQ Corp., in south Augusta at the corner of […]
Stephanie R. Cosme, a 32-year-old test engineer, “inadvertently” walked into the propeller of a parked aircraft in California and later died Stephanie Cosme/Facebook Stephanie Cosme Stephanie R. Cosme, a civilian contractor, was performing a test at California’s Gray Butte Airfield when she was struck by a parked aircraft’s propeller, according to the Air Force An […]
Inadequate training, poor lighting and more factors are to blame for the death of a California contractor killed after she walked into a plane’s moving propeller in California last fall, United States Air Force officials have found. Stephanie Cosme, 32, of Palmdale, was struck and critically injured the evening of Sept. 7, 2023, when she […]