Mr. Owens said he was told by the lead contractor that if his employees would not do the work, another moving company would be hired.

The tiny mission is now the lead contractor on a diabetes research program being financed through two $1 million Defense Department contracts.

He says his initial $450,000 bid was judged outrageous by the lead contractor, who demanded more details.

The company is the lead contractor on more than a dozen major contracts accounting for well over $10 billion in the 2002 Pentagon budget alone.

Champion Engineering Ltd. was the lead contractor during the restoration.

Eleven companies submitted proposals for being the lead contractor on the stage by the deadline of 29 February 1960.

Construction began in August 2011 with Mace as the lead contractor.

Salini, an Italian construction company was selected to be the lead contractor on the project.

Skanska is the lead contractor on this project.

It will also be the lead industrial contractor on the project.