contractor
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Authorities said they had charged the project consultancy firm and the main contractor, as well as individuals involved in the renovation including the directors of both companies and the registered inspector at the consultancy.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Viridor said those breaches were caused by a third-party contractor and were very small in scale, did not pose a risk to human health, and that safeguards were now in place to prevent a recurrence.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
He had said, in effect: “I found this contractor myself. He worked on the pool at my golf club.”
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Israel says 25 soldiers and one civilian contractor have been killed over the same period.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
He was twenty-four years old now and despite his accelerating mental decline was still employed by the Inter Ocean as a delivery contractor.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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