Settlement agreements with designer Gannett Fleming and epoxy glue producer Sika last month has completed the claims brought by Massachusetts over the fatal ceiling collapse, in 2006, in the Big Dig Tunnel in Boston.rnMassachusetts Attorney General's Office said Gannett Fleming was the designer for the section of tunnel ceiling that collapsed, and it has agreed to a US$1.725M settlement in three parts: US$1.525M into the Central Artery Statewide Road and Bridge Infrastructure Fund; US$50,000 to the City of Boston; and, it will forgo US$150,000 of payments from Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA).rnThe settlement with Sika, which sold the epoxy to Power Fasteners, Inc, will see the manufacturer pay US$200,000 into the Fund.rnThe settlement agreement is with the Commonwealth, represented by the Attorney General's Office, and the MTA and Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD).rnAt the end of last year, the criminal manslaughter indictment against anchor adhesives manufacturer Power Fasteners was dismissed as part of a compliance agreement, and civil claims were settled for US$16M with the Commonwealth and City of Boston).
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