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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[direct labour] The employment of building tradesmen and labourers by the client or his agent (engineer or architect) directly, without the mediation of a contractor.  3, record 1, English, - day%20labor

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF

[daywork] A method of payment for building work, involving agreement between the clerk of works and the contractor on the hours of work done by each man, and the materials used. Proof of this agreement is shown by the clerk of works's signature of the contractor's day-sheets. Payment to the contractor consists of his expenses in labour and materials, plus an agreed percentage for overheads and profit. Daywork is cost-plus percentage payment on a small scale.  3, record 1, English, - day%20labor

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Construction by day labor. With this type of building operation, the owner recruits his own labor force, pays for all labor, materials, subcontractors, rentals and equipment, and all other expenses ... He may, through his architect, hire the services of an engineer. He would recruit the services of a superintendent. He may even hire the complete services of a building contractor.  2, record 1, English, - day%20labor

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mode d'exécution de travaux caractérisé par le fait que le maître de l'ouvrage exécute des travaux sous sa propre direction et sa propre responsabilité.  1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9gie%20de%20travaux

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les travaux en régie sont [...] ceux dont l'exécution est dirigée par le client, sous son entière responsabilité, avec des moyens mis à sa disposition par l'entrepreneur. [...] Le processus est [...] sensiblement le même que pour les dépenses contrôlées, à ceci près que [...] le contrôle de certains éléments de la dépense [...] est encore plus aisé pour le maître d'œuvre, [...] les coefficients de majoration sont plus faibles [...] En outre le régime fiscal est différent [...]  2, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9gie%20de%20travaux

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol, or "grain alcohol," is in an alcoholic beverage. The proof number is twice the percentage of the alcohol content measured by volume, at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. Therefore "80 degrees proof" is 40% alcohol by volume, and most of the other 60% is water. If you mix 180 proof whiskey half-and-half with water, your drink is 90 proof. US Federal regulation (CFR 27 5.37 Alcohol Content).  3, record 2, English, - 80%20proof%20distilled%20spirits

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The expression "80 proof" is the American approved system that alcohol is sold. It is based on a scale of 1 to 200. The alcohol content is ½ the proof, i. e. 80 proof is 40% alcohol.  4, record 2, English, - 80%20proof%20distilled%20spirits

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish