Faulty Kosciusko Bridge Cable Armor Subject Of Fed Probe: Report

New York City NY

26 April, 2021

11:30 AM

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NEW YORK CITY — A fight over cable armor installed on the Kosciuszko Bridge has ensnared federal investigators, according to a report. Brooklyn-based U.S. attorneys received a subpoena for documents related to the anti-terror shields, which a separate lawsuit claims have been shoddily installed, the New York Post first reported. The cable armor is supposed to shield against bomb blast and fire, but Hardwire LLC — a Maryland manufacturer — claimed in a civil suit that it is corroding and in danger of falling off, the Post reported. Hardwire's attorneys filed the lawsuit against Irwin "Skip" Ebaugh IV, a former employee whose company Infrastructure Armor LLC ended up underbidding Hardwire and winning the bridge contract, according to the report. Ebaugh stole trade secrets from Hardwire and botched the bridge job, the lawsuit claims. The defendants have denied the claims, according to the Post. The federal investigation is looking into Hardwire's claims about the construction, the Post reported. Read the full Post report here.