Sentences with phrase «other civil works»

The utility says the two spillways alone are 17 - storeys high and five highway - lanes wide, making the contract the project's second - largest, just under the $ 1.75 billion contract inked in 2015 with Peace River Hydro Partners for the dam's foundation and other civil works.

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They heard reports from smaller working groups, relayed feedback they had gotten from civil rights groups and other outsiders and suggested ways that a policy or product could go wrong in the future.

Although enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, these actions only cover segments of the American working population, and many important protections are not yet codified in law.

But it was otherwise vague on plans to address the problem, stating without any specifics that it was expanding veterans» access to affordable housing and working with other levels of government and civil society.

Both the CTFC and SEC working in conjunction with one another filed civil suits against the company, seeking disgorgement, financial penalties and other preliminary and permanent injunctions against the company.

In the past, these groups have perceived conservatives to be suspect on racism, while on the other hand they worked with liberals in the fight for civil rights, and several of their theological heroes are crucial forerunners if not advocates of radicalism.

The working group has been urging governments, companies and other stakeholders to increase the role Christian and other faith - based organisations have in tackling humanitarian crises such as lack of food, water or sanitation, as well as civil wars, religious persecution or natural disasters.

But nowhere does he even mention the fact that in other important sections the book evaluates work of the American Catholic Bishops, statements from several mainline Protestant churches, and publications of M. Douglas Meeks, Max Stackhouse, Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Novak, and several civil rights reformers, including Jesse Jackson.

The Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, for example, holds that the Pharisees and Sadducees were justified in their attacks on Jesus because he imperiled Jewish culture at its foundations, and that by ignoring everything that belongs to wholesome social life he undercut the work of centuries.2 Others within the Christian tradition have felt considerable uneasiness lest the words of Jesus about nonresistance imperil the civil power of the State, or his words about having no anxiety for food or drink or other material possessions curtail an economic motivation essential to society.

, the Civil Rights Act of 1965, gender equality laws, women in authority, working women, reproductive education, family planning, contraception, condoms, gay rights and a host of others.

The Tea Party is opposed to science, civil rights, environmental quality standard, equal pay for equal work, minimum wage, universal health care, and every other program that indicates a moral and civilized nation.

As GRACE works with churches and other Christian institutions, we often encounter professing Christians who struggle with whether suspected abuse within the Christian community should be reported to the civil authorities.

When not working he much prefers to talk about other things, perhaps Goldwater, civil rights or the kingdom of the ant, three subjects which always make his eyes shine and his face glow with animation.

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This morning's document, setting out the Lib Dems» priorities in the next parliament, promised «further work» to divert users «into treatment or other civil penalties which do not attract a criminal record».

He aims to inform the public, liaise with other members of the academic community, work with civil society actors engaged in arms control and partner with governments to discuss the moral issues introduced by new technology and collaborate on design proposals.

But it's civil liberties which really fire her up, so while others have used every opportunity to snipe at the coalition, she tried to make it work to create a more liberal Britain.

It has been a particular privilege to work with excellent civil servants and the outstanding Lord Freud and other ministers including my present team, throughout all of my time at the Department of Work and Pensiwork with excellent civil servants and the outstanding Lord Freud and other ministers including my present team, throughout all of my time at the Department of Work and PensiWork and Pensions.

1000 - Cabinet Office - New network launched: What Works is a product of civil service reform and open public services programmes, led by Open Public Services with ESRC, and other partners.

Spades have yet to break the surface on key road and other building works due to over-cautious civil servants dragging their heels and ministers failing to smash their blocking techniques.

The bill is entirely unnecessary, as the work of civil society is already sufficiently regulated under existing legislation, including the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Act and other similar legislation.&rOther Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Act and other similar legislation.&rother similar legislation.»

We have decided to mount a legal challenge with other unions representing civil servants and hold a strike ballot of over 270,000 PCS members working in civil and public services.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) decided today to launch legal action with other unions against the government over unilateral changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme and hold a strike ballot amongst 270,000 PCS members working for the civil service and its related bCivil Service Compensation Scheme and hold a strike ballot amongst 270,000 PCS members working for the civil service and its related bcivil service and its related bodies

According to him, Jonathan directed the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Okonjo - Iweala, to work along with other relevant stakeholders both in public and private sector including international consultants to come up with what «we believe should be the comparative template about cost of projects particularly civil engineering projects including supply executed in the country to address criticisms on the cost of projects».

The workers, had earlier alleged that «whereas a civil servant that served the state for over 30 years and retired over five years is yet to be paid his / her gratuity, political officeholders, who worked for four years, get jumbo salaries and other allowances, free Prado jeeps (N11.5 m) and severance allowance.»

James Arbuthnot, now chairman of the Commons defence select committee, was «concerned about the appearance of inequity in the treatment of Mr Ashcroft in comparison with other non-domiciled working peers», the senior civil servant Sir Hayden Phillips wrote on 29 June 2000.

In addition, Mychajliw's recommendation that these employees be given other unrelated work could face civil service opposition since these employees would be asked to do work outside of the scope of their job title, he said.

Denise Szymura, president of the county's Civil Service Employees Association Local 815, confirmed she spoke to Mychajliw on March 10 and alerted him to the county policy and the practice of moving employees to other county work spaces if their own work areas present a health risk.

For example, when studying insects in Brazil and wolves in Ethiopia, I had been involved in discussions with civil servants and other government representatives, both in the United Kingdom and in host countries, where my work could be carried out only after detailed discussion with government experts and once my colleagues and I had the appropriate licences and permits.

Working together, the global community and national public, private, and civil society partners must ensure that LARCs are fully available alongside other contraceptive methods so that universal access is achieved through informed choice, voluntarism, and equity.

This simple numerical comparison (leaving aside other factors affecting the classrooms in Spanish universities such as the large number of students in many centers and the increase in the type of «unquantifiable» work that this generates for teaching staff) shows that the «civil servant professor» has a significant decrease in availability of time for research compared to members of research - only institutes.

Thus, environmental researchers from DTU Environment will work alongside statisticians and modellers from DTU Compute, management experts from DTU Management Engineering and civil engineers from DTU Civil Engineering — among otcivil engineers from DTU Civil Engineering — among otCivil Engineering — among others.

In spite of the less secure work contracts and the lack of civil service status for professors, he and quite a few other scientists working at private research universities can well imagine a long - term stay at these institutions.

Dear President Juncker, The co-signatories of this letter represent a broad group of business associations, civil society, think tanks and other organisations who are working together to bring strong support to the EU's commitment to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement objectives.

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

Institutional arrangements are yet to be worked out for incorporating migrant workers association and other civil society organizations in policy formulation regarding migration.

Like many other actors working for Peace, Radijojo is a grassroots civil society - driven organisation; a small social system that can «objectively «be described in workflows, mission statements and financial reports.

Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making, curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act on their behalves.

Professor Gary Orfield is Professor of Education and Social Policy and founding Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative acCivil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative accivil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative action.

Her work had not focused on race relations or civil liberties or any of the other hot buttons of the day.

For nearly a half - century in the U.S. Senate, Mr. Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, and a powerful liberal voice on health care, civil rights, and other issues, as well as education.

This Saturday, thousands of New York City teachers will be in Washington, D.C., with the parents, community groups and clergy with whom we work so closely, our friends in the civil rights movement, elected leaders from the City Council and state Legislature and tens of thousands of others from across the nation for a historic march for jobs and justice on the eve of the unveiling of the new Martin Luther King Jr..

As the lead House Democrat on ESSA, I was proud to work alongside the National Urban League and other crucial civil rights partners to ensure high standards and other meaningful federal protections for Black students in the new law.

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

From the disturbing lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides to struggles for civil rights from Birmingham to South Africa, Facing History trusts each rising generation of students to wrestle with complex moments in history, and works to help them understand the range of human behavior.

Molly worked for the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Education in the Office for Civil Rights, specifically on the recent transformation of the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) and other equity - focused initiatives.

The Alliance is committed to working in partnership with civil rights organizations and others to support states in ensuring an equity - driven implementation of this bill.

In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means.

Spurred to action by the recognition that being an educator is as much about being a civil servant as a classroom practitioner, preservice teachers learned that praxis means working in the community, engaging in leadership activities, charting unknown territory, being responsible to others, and following through on commitments.

In addition to scholarly work, he has served as expert witness or special master in more than three dozen class action civil rights cases, on school desegregation, housing discrimination and other issues, and as consultant to many school districts, federal, state and local governments, civil rights groups and teachers organizations.