• McDonough Associates consulting engineers went to federal court after the Illinois DOT stopped payment of almost $2 million for three projects.
• The agency claimed it had been overbilled for years, and chief procurement officer Bill Grunloh put a hold on the money and barred McDonough from working for DOT for three years.
• Under a judge's order, IDOT sent the first check to McDonough on Tuesday.

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The Illinois Dept. of Transportation is at war with one of Chicago’s most important engineering consulting practices over billings and payments. ...