contractors

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Irma Holloway, head of the Chicago-based Black Contractors Owners & Executives organisation, of which Pink Hats is a member, says Traci and her team are helping reshape the construction field.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Contractors conducted visual inspections of the affected containers, along with internal and external air quality and heat monitoring, Nieves said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Contractors were also provided only 40 hours of training, a fraction of at least 42 days typically required of regular ICE agents, according to those officials who were not authorized to speak publicly.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Contractors like Transocean and Valaris own and operate rigs that oil companies hire to drill beneath the ocean floor, often under multi-year contracts.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Contractors had begun erecting two of the firm’s newest, tallest Chicago skyscrapers, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Temple and the Masonic Fraternity Temple, at twenty-one stories the tallest building in the world.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson