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  2. Clerk of works - Wikipedia

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    A clerk of works or clerk of the works (CoW) is employed by an architect or a client on a construction site.The role is primarily to represent the interests of the client in regard to ensuring that the quality of both materials and workmanship are in accordance with the design information such as specification and engineering drawings, in addition to recognized quality standards.

  3. Public works - Wikipedia

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    Governments will invest in public works because of the overall benefit to society when there is a lack of private sector benefit (a project that does generate revenue) or the risk is too great for a private company to accept on its own. According to research conducted at the Aalborg University, 86% of public works projects end up with cost ...

  4. Work - Wikipedia

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    Work (electric field), the work done on a charged particle by an electric field; Work (thermodynamics), energy transferred by the system to its surroundings; Creative work, a manifestation of creative effort Work of art, an artistic creation of aesthetic value; Career, an individual's journey through learning, work and other aspects of life

  5. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  6. Public domain - Wikipedia

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    Works derived from public domain works can be copyrighted. [34] Once works enter into the public domain, derivative works such as adaptations in book and film may increase noticeably, as happened with Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden, which became public domain in the US in 1977 and most of the rest of the world in 1995. [35]

  7. What is a Conservative? Understanding how the term works in ...

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    Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Teen Vogue dive into the origins of the word "conservative" and what it means in modern context.

  8. Köchel catalogue - Wikipedia

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    Köchel attempted to arrange the works in chronological order, but many compositions written before 1784 could only be estimated, although Leopold Mozart had compiled a partial list of his son's earlier works; Mozart's catalogue of his own compositions (begun in February 1784 with K. 449) allows relatively precise dating of many of his later works.

  9. “Anora” ending explained: Here's what that volatile final ...

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    Warning: This article contains spoilers for Anora.. Anora, the story of a New York City sex worker's whirlwind marriage to the aloof son of a Russian oligarch, is an awards juggernaut.. After ...