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Requiring that any person practicing or offering to practice construction contracting be licensed; Enforcing the laws, regulations, and standards governing construction contracting in a fair and uniform manner; Providing resolution to disputes that arise from construction activities; and; Educating consumers so that they make informed choices.
The Consumers Building is a Chicago school high rise office building in Chicago's Loop. It was designed by Jenney, Mundie & Jensen , and was built by Jacob L. Kesner in 1913. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building is owned by the General Services Administration and currently sits vacant. [ 3 ]
The same pipeline was struck by construction crews on February 2, 2007, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, spilling ~201,000 US gallons (760 m 3) of crude, of which about 87,000 U.S. gal (330 m 3) were recovered. Some of the oil filled a hole more than 20 feet (6.1 m) deep and contaminated the local water table. [81] [82]
In 1968, Consumers Power began construction of a nuclear power plant in Midland, Michigan, primarily for the Dow Chemical Company. [10] However, construction issues caused delays and increased costs. The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 resulted in a massive change in nuclear regulatory requirements and system redesign. When it was revealed ...
The Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), formerly known as Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited [2] (CCRL), is an oil refinery spread over 544 acres (2.20 km 2) located in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, owned and operated [source needed] by Consumers Co-operative Refinery Limited, an affiliate of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL).
Construction law builds upon general legal principles and methodologies and incorporates the regulatory framework (including security of payment, planning, environmental and building regulations); contract methodologies and selection (including traditional and alternative forms of contracting); subcontract issues; causes of action, and liability, arising in contract, negligence and on other ...
The Italianate/neo-Renaissance style Consumers' Gas Building at 19 Toronto Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was first built in 1852, as the Consumers Gas company's head office. The company remained in this location for 125 years. [ 1 ]
A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. [1] Such co-operatives operate within the market system , independently of the state, as a form of mutual aid , oriented toward service rather than pecuniary profit. [ 2 ]