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December 11, 2009

Racketeering trial starts for concrete testing firm

  • New York-based Testwell Laboratories is facing charges of concocting phony concrete and steel test results for more than 100 projects.
    • By JENNIFER PELTZ
    Associated Press Writer

    AP Photo/Mark Lennihan [enlarge]
    Construction workers in August of 2007 funneled concrete into a foundation wall of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, one of the projects where Testwell Laboratories is accused of faking test results.

    NEW YORK — The builders needed concrete. The strength test results they got were anything but, prosecutors said Wednesday at a racketeering trial surrounding concrete tests for such landmarks as the new Yankee Stadium and ground zero's tallest skyscraper.


     
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