AWI Builders v. Alliant Consulting CA2/4

BACKGROUND

A. Preliminary Background Information Plaintiff AWI is a public works construction company. AWI is owned by plaintiffs Robert and Anna Mekikyan, who also own plaintiff

3 CCC, another construction company. In early 2013, AWI successfully bid on two public works projects for Riverside County (Riverside), and was awarded a $14 million contract for the rehabilitation of the Public Defender’s building (the PD project) and a $13.5 million contract on a project known as the Riverside County Regional Medical Center (the Medical Center project). CCC was a subcontractor of AWI on the Medical Center project. Riverside hired defendant GKK as a consultant to provide construction management services on both the PD project and the Medical Center project. Issues arose during construction on the PD project, and by the end of 2013, AWI made Riverside officials aware that it was contemplating litigation; AWI filed a government claim against Riverside in early 2014. In late 2013 or early 2014, Riverside asked GKK to find a labor compliance specialist. After receiving bids for that work, GKK entered into subconsultant agreements with defendant Alliant to provide labor compliance…