 PCL won the Large Private Sector category of the 2019 Ingenious awards for its ability to adopt new technologies and evolve to meet industry demands.In March 2018, the company settled a $10.53 million lawsuit stemming from an incident in July 2017, which resulted in the loss of electrical power to more than 10,000 customers on Hatteras and Ocracoke Island.While performing construction on Bonner Bridge, a steel casing was driven into an underground transmission cable, requiring a mandatory evacuation for visitors and resulted in much of the two islands being without power for 9 days.