John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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Էջ 67
... contractors for earthworks , masonry and carpentry . In each case these con- tracts were for labour only , and we find a strong note of warn- ing from Rennie against trusting these small men with more work than they could properly ...
... contractors for earthworks , masonry and carpentry . In each case these con- tracts were for labour only , and we find a strong note of warn- ing from Rennie against trusting these small men with more work than they could properly ...
Էջ 68
... contractor over whom he had no control . Rennie had had some experience of this , and so he now made one firm of contractors responsible for all the work . They drew up their own contracts with sub - contractors for whom they were ...
... contractor over whom he had no control . Rennie had had some experience of this , and so he now made one firm of contractors responsible for all the work . They drew up their own contracts with sub - contractors for whom they were ...
Էջ 69
... Contractor can be bound to perform it , and the only way to have work to proceed with expedition and be well executed is to let the contractors have a reasonable profit and the director of the work a full compulsory power over them ...
... Contractor can be bound to perform it , and the only way to have work to proceed with expedition and be well executed is to let the contractors have a reasonable profit and the director of the work a full compulsory power over them ...
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The Bell Rock Lighthouse | 52 |
Public Works | 62 |
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