Sentence examples for subcontractors- from inspiring English sources

According to Vogt, Georgetown is the only university so far to have started to address the issue through surveying its subcontractors and those of Qatar Foundation.

A parallel recommendation to introduce rules to make lead contractors responsible for compliance through their web of subcontractors – which would go a long way to making major global construction firms responsible for those at the bottom of the chain – has not led to any progress.

He said there was also frustration among those working for Shell, because workers were employed by subcontractors rather than the company, meaning that they did not get the full benefits accorded to full Shell employees.

Aid donors frequently use subcontractors to implement their projects but this data is rarely, if ever, publicly available.

That figure does not include the analysts at different bases across the world, or the army of subcontractors needed to keep the agency running smoothly.

The reality is that Britain will soon be unique in the free world in having its entire welfare state – schools, hospitals, doctors' surgeries, child care, care of the elderly and public housing – owned or controlled by its central government, either directly or through social or private subcontractors.

Some analysts had forecast sales in 2001 of 700m.All this bad news feeds down the production lines and to subcontractors.

Under relentless pressure to reduce costs and increase sales around the world, firms are outsourcing operations to subcontractors who can do them better and more cheaply, and moving more of their production and services to lower-cost countries.Globalisation requires greatly increased co-ordination of transport by road, rail, sea, air and now also by an entirely new route to market: the internet.

THOSE reading this on a beloved iPad shouldn't take it personally when an article pops up criticising Apple for failing to innovate or relying on possibly dodgy subcontractors.

Suburban office parks are proliferating outside Pittsburgh, the biggest city in the area, with space being snapped up by oil firms, their suppliers and subcontractors, lawyers and environmental consultants.

As they rely more on outsourcing, they may be held responsible for the sins of their subcontractors.