Aecom as contractor: Is the sky the limit?

摘要

"Being a really good consultant doesn't mean you can be a really good contractor." This comment from a director at one of the major established UK contractors sums up what many in the industry are thinking, after Construction News revealed that consulting giant Aecom has set up a contracting arm in the UK. Contractors operate on a very different financial model, after all, plagued by the kind of tight margins that make consultants wince. This might deter some of Aecom's peers from pulling a similar move. But in a market where demand is consistently outstripping supply, maybe there's more logic here than the doubters give credit for.