Simple.......................they got a government contract because Cheney (who owned part of the company) was VP. Then, they cut corners wherever they could, even though it resulted in the death and severe electrocution of soldiers in the showers they built due to their shoddy construction.
For troops in Iraq, shower still may be fatal
The military is racing to inspect more than 90,000 U.S.-run facilities across Iraq to reduce a deadly threat that troops face far off the battlefield.www.nbcnews.com
At the time of the deaths and the shock incidents, KBR was part of Halliburton. They later separated from them and became their own entity.
What did Haliburton do in Afghanistan?