CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026

Mortenson Subcontractor Fires Worker Over Meta Data Center Noose

Construction worker walking through site

Noose incident followed case of racist graffiti at same project.

April 19, 2022
James Leggate - Engineering News-Record

A worker on a data center project for Facebook parent company Meta in Utah was fired after admitting to tying a noose at the worksite where racist graffiti had also been found months earlier.

Reprinted courtesy of James Leggate, Engineering News-Record

Mr. Leggate may be contacted at leggatej@enr.com

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