Subcontractors on Related Companies’ projects have histories of worker and end-user fatalities on other projects. These companies include Northeast Interiors, Park Side Construction, Rock Group NY Corp, and North American Elevator. These deaths include a Park Side worker crushed to death in 2014 by a concrete slab; Rock Group NY Corp was penalized by the Department of Buildings when Luis Matta was fatally struck on April 21, 2016 by a wooden plank that fell from the 10th floor of 421 Hudson Street; Northeast Interiors employee Pedro Basilico died on the first floor of a demolition project at 25 West 38th Street when five floors of debris collapsed on him and coworker Kairo Garcia, who was rescued in a three hour emergency operation. North American Elevator was reportedly contracted to inspect the elevators in December 2016 when Stephen Hewett-Brown was pinned between the ceiling of an elevator cab and the third floor at 131 Broome Street and died.

Some contractors hired to work on Related Projects have histories of fraudulent and criminal activity. While defending their company in an unrelated case, Advanced Contracting Solutions(ACS) admitted to acts that amount to insurance and visa fraud. Park Side principal Salvatore Pugliese was sentenced to two years in prison in connection with his alleged involvement in a violent criminal organization known as the “Giannini Crew” in 2001. Government officials in California, Arizona, Connecticut and Ohio have faced ethics scandals involving Gilbane. One incident has been called “the Largest Public Corruption Case of its kind in San Diego County” and in another 11 employees in Maricopa County, Arizona were placed on administrative leave.

To learn more about the potential risks of dangerous and exploitive practices raised by the use of these subcontractors, download the report. These employers introduce the risk of: