Smith and Roberson’s Business Law
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ISBN: 9781337094757
Author: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 2TS
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
Person D reached at land M in order to bowl in her association game. The space of bowling backstreet’s enclosed with ice and snow. Person D saw that the side walk was freezing. After three competitions of bowling she drunk three beers and proceeds footway to her car. Then she slid and trying to catch herself by reaching near by her car and fell. She hurt a fracture through the fell. Person D prosecuted against lanes M looking for compensations for her wounds. Lanes deprived of responsibility for person D’s personal wounds.
To discuss: The arguments supporting lane M’s denial of responsibility for person D’s injuries.
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Table of contents
Executive summary
Introduction
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Question 1
Ivan Institute has secured funds to construct an oval-like lecture
hall at their new campus at a cost of 3 million United States Dollar
As a consultant of the project, you have a mandate
to package the project for the most qualified contractor.
Carry out the procurement process from advertisement to award
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Question 2
Your company has been awarded a contract to erect 124 pylons for an
electricity company. The table below shows the sequential activities
involved in the construction of each pylon together with the estimated
labour hours and optimum number of operatives for each activity. The
handover rate specified is six pylons per week and this can be taken as the
target rate of build. Prepare a line of balance schedule assuming that each
gang works at its natural rate. State clearly the contract duration. Assume
a five-day working week, eight hours per day, and a minimum buffer time
of two days
Activity Description
Labour-hours Optimum number of
operatives per activity
55
A
Excavate
4
B
Concrete foundations
64
4
145
C
Erect tower
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Fix cantilever cable arms
90
E
Fix insulators
25
885
OSHA cited a manufacturing company for a(n) ______ violation for the company's failure to report the death of a worker.
Group of answer choices
failure to abate
serious
other than serious
de minimis
conscious violation
Chapter 8 Solutions
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