contractor
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Footpaths remain open and diversions have been put in place while contractor Clancy carries out the work.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 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
And it is working with defense contractor RTX on the U.S.’s Golden Dome, a space-based missile-defense shield.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Balfour Beatty, the United Kingdom construction contractor, is a rare operator sitting on $1.6 billion in net cash and is helping build energy infrastructure in Britain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
When he began working in New Orleans, eleven years earlier, Zeitoun labored for just about every contractor in the city, painting, hanging Sheetrock, tiling—anything they needed—until he was hired by a man named Charlie Saucier.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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