McHugh has been around forever and built many of Chicago's private and institutional projects. They run deep with Chicago City Hall and the trade unions. Here's the first line of their Wikipedia:
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Founded in 1897 by James D. McHugh, an Irish bricklayer from Chicago's south side, McHugh Construction originally specialized in masonry work.
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A turn of the century Irish masonry contractor from the South Side? Sounds like a business that would NEVER be involved with organized crime or a political machine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHugh_Construction_Co
They probably aren't openly corrupt today, but just based on how long they have been involved in building things for the city, for union pension funds (Marina City) and Cook county, it's extremely doubtful that there wouldn't be a long and colorful 'history' there.