Two Utah construction companies have agreed to pay the federal government $1.2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the terms of a program designed to help small, disadvantaged businesses.
Big-D Construction Corp., which is based in Salt Lake City, has already paid $1,062,900, and Creative Times Dayschool Inc. will pay $150,000 within the next few months, for a total of $1,212,900, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Utah announced Monday.
Under the settlement, Big-D and Creative Times do not admit liability. Both companies maintained in separate news releases that they followed all requirements of a Small Business Administration (SBA) program and said they settled to avoid the cost of protracted litigation.