{"id":4719,"date":"2025-05-01T09:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:31:03","slug":"obama-center-subcontractor-files-40-million-discrimination-lawsuit-against-managing-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=4719","title":{"rendered":"Obama Center Subcontractor Files $40 Million Discrimination Lawsuit Against Managing Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A subcontractor, II in One, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Thornton Tomasetti,<\/p>\n<p>the managing firm for the Obama Presidential Center\u2019s construction, alleging racial discrimination. <\/p>\n<p>II in One, a Black-owned company, claims Thornton Tomasetti imposed stricter standards and inspections, leading to significant cost overruns and potential bankruptcy. <\/p>\n<p>Thornton Tomasetti denies these claims, stating II in One was \u201cquestionably qualified\u201d and responsible for construction delays and errors.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges racial bias, claiming non-minority contractors were treated differently.<br \/>\nThornton Tomasetti\u2019s memo to the Obama Foundation included images of construction defects, blaming the subcontractor\u2019s performance. <\/p>\n<p>The Obama Presidential center has faced other issues, including delays, and concerns about rising housing cost for locals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subcontractor, II in One, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Thornton Tomasetti, the managing firm for the Obama Presidential Center\u2019s construction, alleging racial discrimination. II&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}