De Vere Construction Company: NCDOT: DeVere Construction is in 'breach of contract' on highway projects

The N.C. Department of Commerce is sticking to its guns that highway construction contractor DeVere Construction is at fault for walking away from four major highway construction and bridge repair jobs in North Carolina on Jan. 29. "We sent a letter to DeVere last Friday regarding each project affected, giving them until February 8 to resume work or they will be considered in default of the contract," says NCDOT spokesman Steve Abbott in an email to Triangle Business Journal. Two other projects...