Look to contractors for good business sense-and jobs

摘要

Nce's annual Contractors File, published alongside NCE this week, confirms what everyone knows - it has been another tough, tough year for civil engineering contractors. Many firms have seen civils turnover and profits fall, with margins thrown on the bonfire in a desperate quest to survive.Yet in stark contrast to the consultancy sector, engineers' jobs appear not to have gone up in flames; extraordinarily, it's the reverse.