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Contractor
A contractor is a person or company that performs work on a contract basis. The term may refer to: Business roles * Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government * General contractor, an individual or organization responsible for the construction of a building or other facility * Government contractor, a private company which produces goods or services for the government * Independent contractor, a natural person, business or corporation which provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract * Private military company, an organization or individual that contracts to provide services of a military nature * School bus contractor, a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school * Subcontractor, an individual or business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract * Permatemp, a person who works for an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contractor (1779 EIC Ship)
''Contractor'' was launched in 1779 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage as a transport for a military expedition before her owners sold her in 1800 for use as a transport. Career EIC voyage #1 (1780-1782): Captain James Baldwin sailed from Torbay on April 1780, bound for Madras, Bombay, and China. ''Contractor'' was at Trindade on 6 June, and reached Madras on 3 September. She made a small excursion to Tumala Punta, where she arrived on 5 October, before she returned to Madras on 14 October. She then visited Tellicherry on 27 November, and left on 2 March 1781. She was at Goa on 16 March Goa and Bombay on 7 April. She returned to Madras on 9 August, and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 30 September. Homeward bound, she left Whampoa on 31 January 1782, reached St Helena on 14 July, and arrived at The Downs on 24 October. EIC voyage #2 (1784-1785): Captain William Mackintosh sailed from The Downs on 19 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contractor (2022 Film)
''The Contractor'' is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Tarik Saleh in his English-language film debut. The film stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J. D. Pardo, Florian Munteanu, and Kiefer Sutherland. Filming began in Europe including Fort Bragg in October 2019 and wrapped in the filming at the end of 2019. ''The Contractor'' was released in theaters and on-demand in the United States on April 1, 2022, by Paramount Pictures and STXfilms. The film received mixed reviews from critics, grossing $2.1 million at the box office. Plot Sergeant First Class James Harper, a decorated Green Beret, is involuntarily discharged from the army due to his use of illegal steroids to treat a debilitating knee injury. Facing financial ruin, he contacts his friend Mike who works with a private military company under the command of fellow veteran Rusty Jennings. Harper is receiving lucrative offers from similar firms, but feels a sense of duty to his count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contractor (2013 Film)
''The Contractor'' is a 2013 American direct-to-video crime drama thriller film starring Danny Trejo as the title character. The film was directed by Sean Olson, written by Bradford Holt and Olson, and produced by Lionsgate. It follows a contractor working for the Chase family. He turns nasty after being relieved of his duty and reveals himself to have been out to harm the family all along. The family must now combine their efforts to fight the menace. ''The Contractor'' was released in both DVD and digital download format on September 10, 2013. Plot The film starts with a suspected murderer being apprehended by the police. He adamantly claims that he is innocent and only wanted to protect his girlfriend, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Three years later, in December, in Malibu, California, Elizabeth "Liz" Chase (Christina Cox) is busily working on her family's apartment, which needs to be remodelled before a charity event to be held fourteen days later. In addition, she has to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Military Company
A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for financial gain. PMCs refer to their personnel as "security contractors" or "private military contractors"; they are also referred to by academics and the press as mercenaries. The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of governmental security, military, or police forces but most often on a smaller scale. PMCs often provide services to train or supplement official armed forces in service of governments, but they can also be employed by private companies to provide bodyguards for key staff or protection of company premises, especially in hostile territories. However, contractors that use armed force in a warzone may be considered unlawful combatants in reference to a concept that is outlined in the Geneva Conventions and explicitly stated by the 2006 American Military Commissions Act. The servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contractor (surname)
Contractor is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Behram Contractor (1930–2001), Indian journalist *Didi Contractor (1929–2021), German-American architect *Dinyar Contractor (born 1946), Indian actor and comedian *Hafeez Contractor (born 1950), Indian architect *Nari Contractor (born 1934), Indian cricketer *Nazneen Contractor (born 1982), Canadian actress *Noshir Contractor Noshir S. Contractor is an Indian-American network scientist who is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science, the School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Mana ... (born 1959), American professor of behavioral science * Soli Contractor (born 1938), Indian contractor {{surname Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contractor (2007 Film)
''The Contractor'' is a 2007 American action film directed by Josef Rusnak starring Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett, Lena Headey, Ralph Brown, Charles Dance and Gemma Jones. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on July 10, 2007, and in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2007. Plot Retired CIA black-ops hitman James Jackson Dial (Wesley Snipes) is living his life in seclusion on his ranch in Montana when he is offered the chance to redeem himself by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown). Some years earlier, Dial had been seconds away from taking down notorious terrorist cell leader Ali Mahmoud Jahar (Nikolay Sotirov) but his carelessness allowed Jahar to escape, marking his assignment as a failure. Now Collins wants Dial to complete his task by assassinating Jahar, who has been captured and is now in the custody of the police in London, England. Provided with a safe house, passports, and an assistant, Terry Winchell (Richard Harrington), Dial is off to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subcontractor
A subcontractor is an individual or (in many cases) a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract. Put simply the role of a subcontractor is to execute the job they are hired by the contractor for. It is oftentimes a specialized job such as electrical or HVAC and it is the subcontractor's responsibility to execute the work as instructed. A subcontractor (or sub-contractor) is a company or person whom a general contractor, prime contractor or main contractor hires to perform a specific task as part of an overall project and normally pays for services provided to the project. While subcontracting often occurs in building works and in civil engineering, the range of opportunities for subcontractor is much wider and it is possible that the greatest number of subcontractors now operate in the information technology and information sectors of the economy. One hires subcontractors either to reduce costs or to mitigate project risks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Contractor
A general contractor, main contractor or prime contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project. Description A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. Responsible for the overall coordination of a project, general contractors may also act as building designer and foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew). A general contractor must first assess the project-specific documents (referred to as a bid, proposal, or tender documents). In the case of renovations, a site visit is required to get a better understanding of the project. Depending on the project delivery method, the contractor will submit a fixed price proposal or bid, cost-plus price or an estimate. The general contractor considers the cost of home office overhead, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interval Contractor
In mathematics, an interval contractor (or contractor for short) associated to a set X is an operator C which associates to a hyperrectangle /math> in \bold^n another box C( of \bold^n such that the two following properties are always satisfied: * C( \subset /math> (contractance property) * C( \cap X = \cap X (completeness property) A ''contractor associated to a constraint'' (such as an equation or an inequality) is a contractor associated to the set X of all x which satisfy the constraint. Contractors make it possible to improve the efficiency of branch-and-bound algorithms classically used in interval analysis. Properties of contractors A contractor ''C'' is monotonic if we have \subset \Rightarrow C( \subset C( . It is ''minimal'' if for all boxes 'x'' we have C( = xcap X], where 'A''is the ''interval hull'' of the set ''A'', i.e., the smallest box enclosing ''A''. The contractor ''C'' is ''thin'' if for all points ''x'', C(\) = \\cap X where denot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Contractor
A government contractor is a company (privately owned, publicly traded or a state-owned enterprise)either for profit or non-profitthat produces goods or services under contract for the government. Some communities are largely sustained by government contracting activity; for instance, much of the economy of Northern Virginia consists of government contractors employed directly or indirectly by the federal government of the United States. United Kingdom Section 12(2) and (3) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 define the expression "Government Contractor" for the purposes of that Act. from the National Archives See also [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Contractor
Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other entity, pays the other, the employee, in return for carrying out assigned work. Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties. Employees in some sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payments or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment. Benefits may include health insurance, housing, disability insurance. Employment is typically governed by employment laws, organisation or legal contracts. Employees and employers An employee contributes labour and expertise to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract
A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to transfer any of those at a future date. In the event of a breach of contract, the injured party may seek judicial remedies such as damages or rescission. Contract law, the field of the law of obligations concerned with contracts, is based on the principle that agreements must be honoured. Contract law, like other areas of private law, varies between jurisdictions. The various systems of contract law can broadly be split between common law jurisdictions, civil law jurisdictions, and mixed law jurisdictions which combine elements of both common and civil law. Common law jurisdictions typically require contracts to include consideration in order to be valid, whereas civil and most mixed law jurisdictions solely require a meeting of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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