Zachry Industrial, a construction and engineering firm, lays off more than 4,000 workers

Zachry Industrial, working to build a gas liquefaction plant for Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum, laid off thousands of workers in East Texas after filing for bankruptcy last month. Zachry notified the Texas Workforce Commission of its plan to lay off 4,430 workers in East Texas, according to a list of WARN notices updated this week.