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Outsourcing of Consultancy Work

  • 13-01-2011 09:10PM
    #1
    Civil Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭


    Evening guys,

    Any of you know how much work engineering consultancies would generally outsource??

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    FesterBeatty
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 406 ✭✭FesterBeatty


    I'm from a civil/structural eng consultancy and we dont outsource any work, nor have we done so over the past 4 years. Why would we?? There's barely enough work for our own staff..


  • #3
    Tails142
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Tails142


    They might go out to arborologists for tree reports, other specialists to determine lux levels, sound testing, vibrations, areas like that.

    I have seen specialists been used to carry out soils reports using finite element analysis.

    I have even seen a specialist been used to give a report on traffic management for a planning application, though that was to a structural engineering consultancy as opposed to civil.

    Some of the larger multi-denominational consultancies have these specialists in-house and don't need to outsource the work but if you're talking about a smaller civil engineering set up then it is more common.

    I have never seen them outsourcing basic work however such as simple design/CAD drawing.


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