“Claiming the Fluor Corp.-led team that manages and operates a federal nuclear-waste site in Aiken, S.C., intentionally misled it about the status of design completion on a $90-million plutonium and uranium waste-disposal project under way, Baker Concrete Construction Inc. sued the joint venture on June 6 in U.S. District Court there.

Baker seeks damages of nearly $20 million from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC for costs related to design changes for the facility at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Savannah River site, says the firm’s attorney.

Alleging multiple instances of fraud in its complaint, Baker says the SRNS joint venture, which was responsible for design, either “knowingly released inadequate and outdated” design documents or “grossly failed to adequately perform the necessary due diligence” related to facility engineering.”

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