Minority hiring goals met end &quo...

Minority hiring goals met end "second-tier" subcontracting
In order to obtain minority contractor participation in the construction of a $599 million expansion of the Cervantes Convention Center in St Louis, general contractor McCarthy encouraged subcontractors to assign a portion of their work to minority firms.
To fit the city's goal of 20 percent minority participation, "we urgencyed heavy participation by our subcontractors," said Karl Kloster McCarthy's senior vice president. Black-owned contractors actually obtained 22 percent of the total