$10 Million Partially Completed Iraqi Barracks
An Iraqi contractor was hired by the U.S. government to construct an Iraqi National Guard battalion barracks. The task order was modified six times, and increased funding to roughly $10.6 million. But the contractor was unable to make progress and SIGIR identified leaking septic tanks, latrine sinks pulling away from the wall and structural failures so the project was terminated for default in March 2007. Still, the contractor was paid the full contract amount of $10.6 million. One month later, another Iraqi company was awarded $328,000 to complete the project. It was finished seven months later.
