PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Portland’s notoriously complicated and slow construction permitting process is back in the news. The City Auditor’s Office released an audit Wednesday, March 23, ...

Construction audit procedures extend beyond a cursory check to ensure guidelines and specifications are followed to include pre-construction and planning phase reviews. A full audit provides ...

The Houston school district needed an extra $211 million for its construction bond program last year mainly because the city's booming real estate market drove up prices, yet the district has not ...

Construction projects are typically among the largest, most complex financial expenditures companies undertake. They can be time consuming and expensive, with most projects containing overcharges of 1 ...

State officials released a highly anticipated audit into Connecticut’s school construction office late last week, but it is unlikely to alleviate all of the concerns about the multibillion-dollar ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin’s Public Works Department wasn’t consistent in tracking project costs and ensuring the quality of projects during 2016 and part of 2015, according to an audit ...

And while schools are required to repay grant overpayments if follow-up audits find their enrollment figures were inflated, one school had a $5 million overage cancelled by the legislature on the ...

NEW ORLEANS — An audit report released Monday by Louisiana Legislative Auditor Daryl G. Purpera found more than $6 million in questionable costs related to the Recovery School District’s construction ...

TUCSON — President Donald Trump's administration prioritized the construction of his promised border wall along the country's southern border with Mexico even though it didn't properly consider ...