According to the resolution, construction is the fastest-growing industry in Pittsburgh. It states that fraud-related violations of city ordinances not only threaten the health and safety of residents and workers but “threaten the viability” of businesses that operate legitimately. The group will review existing industry practices in Pittsburgh and then make code and policy recommendations to the council and mayor.
In the most recent global survey commissioned by corporate investigation and risk consulting firm Kroll, fraud incidents in the construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors increased the most year over year out of all sectors in the report, with 83% of industry respondents indicating that they had experienced some fraud-related incident.
