Word: contractor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contractor for the courts, Wood-bridge Construction Co., of New York, told the University informally last week that construction would not continue beyond last Thursday...
...Defective & Deficient." Understandably, the VA thought that the original builder ought to foot the repair bill. The Justice Department agreed. What made the matter touchy was the fact that the hospital was built by Millionaire Philadelphia Contractor Matthew Henry McCloskey, 70, a veteran Democratic fund raiser, inventor of the $100-a-plate dinner, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee for seven years and, since 1962, John F. Kennedy's ambassador to Ireland...
...firm is prime contractor for the $82.9 million Rayburn House Office Building. McCloskey also worked on the new $24 million east-front face on the U.S. Capitol and on the $4 million Senate underground monorail system, and he is sole contractor for the huge $12.6 million "Federal Office Building...
...more than three years. Many technicians, moreover, are leery about the uncertainties of defense work and sometimes will take pay cuts in return for steadier employment. "A starch manufacturer," says Bob Snelling, "wouldn't have half the trouble getting a microbiologist or a chemist that a defense contractor would...
...construction floor, whereas crawlers, operating from street level, can only inch a load to the edge of the floor. And the tower's heights are unlimited, while the crawler can rise no higher than 35 stories without danger of toppling. At job's end, the contractor simply disassembles the tower crane and lowers the parts to the ground...