The U.S. Department of Justice has its eye on the construction industry, which should be preparing for a surge in investigations and enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and False Claims Act.

Former federal prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys and construction and government contracts lawyers say the DOJ’s recent actions, including a multimillion-dollar bribery case against former executives of New Jersey-based Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., signal the agency is aggressively expanding its FCPA and whistleblower enforcement beyond the more traditional health care and pharma sectors.