Opinion ID: 3049934
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Contractors

Text: These defendant corporate firms and individuals had either construction or engineering contracts with the JCESD and were implicated in the bribery scandal. Pugh defendants: Roland Pugh Construction, Inc. (“PUGH”); Grady Roland Pugh, Sr. (“Roland Pugh”), founder, board chairman, and 70% owner of PUGH; and Joseph E. “Eddie” Yessick (“Yessick”), President and 10% owner of PUGH. PUGH had $178 million in sewer construction contracts with Jefferson County between August 1999 and January 2002. PUGH was a “dig-and-replace” contractor.3 Rast defendants: Rast Construction, Inc. (“RAST”); Bobby J. Rast (“Bobby Rast”), President and co-owner of RAST; and his brother Daniel B. Rast (“Danny Rast”), Vice President and co-owner of RAST. RAST had about $100 million in sewer construction contracts with Jefferson County during the same period. RAST was another “dig-and-replace” contractor. 3 A “dig-and-replace” contractor traditionally digs up broken sewer pipes, replaces them, and paves over the repair. Some dig-and-replace contractors have the capacity to perform “cured-in-place” work. The “cured-in-place” process involves the relining of cracked pipes with a cement product that cures inside the pipes and seals the cracks from within. None of the defendants here performed cured-in-place work. However, PUGH and Defendant Rast Construction, Inc. entered into joint ventures with contractors who could perform cured-in-place work, as discussed later. 5 Dougherty defendants: F. W. Dougherty Engineering & Associates, Inc. (“FWDE”) and Floyd W. “Pat” Dougherty (“Dougherty”), President and owner. FWDE received $11.4 million in no-bid engineering contracts with Jefferson County during the same period. USI defendants: US Infrastructure, Inc. (“USI”); Sohan Singh (“Singh”), President of USI; and Edward Key (“Key”), Vice President of USI. USI received about $50 million in engineering contracts with Jefferson County between 1999 and 2003.