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Encyclopedia > Contractor
  • A contractor is a legal term for one who enters into a binding agreement to perform a certain service or provide a certain product in exchange for valuable consideration, monetary, goods,services, even barter arrangements.
  • General Contractor (GC), ("prime" or "specialty" contractor) is the individual or group that oversees activities on a construction site, and who may perform the work for a client with their own employees and/or "sub-contractors".
  • The term "contractor" is also applied to any private company, such as a military contractor, or a school bus contractor, each of which provides products or services to a government.

It has been suggested that Swapping (barter) be merged into this article or section. ... A General Contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construcion of a building, road or other facility. ... Cranes are essential in large construction projects, such as this skyscraper In project architecture and civil engineering, construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure. ... Some people hate work. ... A defense contractor or a military contractor is a business or individual who contracts with a government to provide goods or services used for national security or warfare. ... A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school. ...

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A contractor is a legal term for one who enters into a binding agreement to perform a certain service or provide a certain product in exchange for valuable consideration, monetary, goods,services, even barter arrangements.
General Contractor (GC), ("prime" or "specialty" contractor) is the individual or group that oversees activities on a construction site, and who may perform the work for a client with their own employees and/or "sub-contractors".
The term "contractor" is also applied to any private company, such as a military contractor, or a school bus contractor, each of which provides products or services to a government.
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