March 07, 2025
A Colorado federal judge has awarded design firm Aecom nearly $8.3 million in attorney fees for prevailing in a contract fight over a state toll lanes project, but did not award the full amount the company requested because it failed to justify certain costs and separate attorneys' work across different disputes.
May 01, 2024
A Colorado joint venture that formed to construct a state toll lanes project has told a federal judge that he erroneously awarded a design firm penalty interest on a $5.2 million judgment, arguing in a motion that the firm doesn't qualify as a subcontractor under Colorado law.
February 23, 2024
A Denver federal jury awarded construction design firm Aecom $5.25 million in damages Friday for a subcontractor's failure to pay for design services for a Colorado highway expansion, and rejected the subcontractor's attempt to get $260 million in counterclaims.
January 29, 2024
A construction design firm told a Colorado federal jury Monday that it's being sued for nearly $260 million because its initial design of a Denver-area highway expansion had the sort of deficiencies to be expected in such an early pass.
January 25, 2024
A Colorado federal judge on Thursday rejected a joint venture's last-minute bid to concede liability on a $5 million claim ahead of a trial next week over a state toll lanes expansion, concluding his hands were tied even though it may be silly to forge ahead with trying the claim.
January 23, 2024
The design and engineering giant AECOM said it was too late for a joint venture to concede liability on a $5 million damages claim in a Colorado toll lanes project dispute, telling a federal judge that the venture blew its chance and the firm is "no longer willing" to negotiate a pretrial deal.
January 03, 2024
A Colorado federal judge won't block a joint construction venture from pursuing a separate state lawsuit over a toll lanes project, writing Tuesday that he didn't want to step on the state court's toes amidst a "procedural thicket" and would allow that judge to determine whether to stay the case until after a federal trial this month.
December 08, 2023
Design and engineering giant AECOM has accused its partner in a Colorado toll lanes project of filing a state lawsuit as an "end run" around a federal judge's ruling in AECOM's favor, according to a motion urging the federal judge to block the new case ahead of a trial in January.