QUEST companies

To people who might know, i am going to apply for quest, i have ARUP in mind due to some of the work they have done, but i haven't looked at all the companies name. This is just if you have an idea at what the following companies do, if you know please let me know.
Since i will be doing a year in industry, i want to try and get involved in a major contract, ones to do with bridges/dams/railways/large buildings (again, arup is the one that rings a bell for me in some of those bits, although i chances are im wrong)

following companies are :

Alfred McAlpine
Ardmore Construction
Arup
Atkins
Balfour Beatty
Black and Veatch
Carillion
Costain
Edmund Nuttall
Faber Maunsell (Scotland)
Farrans
Ferguson McIlveen
First Engineering
Galliford Try
Gifford
Graham
Halcrow Group Ltd

Hyder Consulting
Interserve Project Services Ltd
John Doyle Group
KBR
Lagan Construction
Laing O'Rourke
Mott McDonald
Network Rail
Peter Brett Associates
RPS Group
Skanska
Sir Robert McAlpine
Taylor & Boyd
Taylor Woodrow
Tony Gee & Partners
WSP Group

(found on http://www.ice.org.uk/myice/myice_sc...asp#deadli ne)

i have made some research last month about each othe companies but i haven't completed it, ill have to get my document from college tomorrow.

anyone with past experiences? let me know, i would be very gratefull.

Reply 1

Arminius

Alfred McAlpine - not sure
Ardmore Construction - not sure
Arup - very good consultants, seem to be leading the field with their structural projects.
Atkins - again, a big consultant, bigger than Arup, they do everything as far as i can see.
Balfour Beatty - big contractor, i know some people that worked for them and they seemed pretty good. Do alot of roads and rail
Black and Veatch - not sure
Carillion - big contractor
Costain - big contractor
Edmund Nuttall - a consultant?
Faber Maunsell (Scotland) - consultants, smaller than Atkins etc, seem to be more on the structures side.
Farrans -not heard of
Ferguson McIlveen - not heard of
First Engineering - not heard of
Galliford Try - not heard of
Gifford -...... not sure
Graham - not heard of
Halcrow Group Ltd- consultants

Hyder Consulting - consultants, big in water?
Interserve Project Services Ltd - not heard of
John Doyle Group - not heard of
KBR - not heard of
Lagan Construction - not heard of
Laing O'Rourke - big contractor, seem similar carrillion
Mott McDonald - consultant
Network Rail - bashing out rails! - contractor
Peter Brett Associates = consultants, smaller
RPS Group - consultants again i think
Skanska - big contractor, seem very keen to take on civils atm
Sir Robert McAlpine - big contractor
Taylor & Boyd - not heard of
Taylor Woodrow - big contractor
Tony Gee & Partnerr - consultants
WSP Group - consultants

At this stage i think all you can do is have a think about whether you like the sound of consultant or contractors. Also a bigger company would usually have the bigger, more famous projects. So Arup, Atkins are some of the bigger consultants. Costain, Mcalpine, Balfour Beatty are all large contractors.

If you go for a contractor you may well have to move to near the site (they will pay accomodation etc), but a consultant you would have to find one with an office near you.

Reply 2

EPD

To add to the list, from the top of my head
Alfred McAlpine - large contractors
Black and Veatch - medium consultants
Gifford - consultant

Reply 3

DomTom

any reccomendations? thanks for info btw.

EDP u worked for arup didnt you? what was it like?

Reply 4

hamdunn

Sir Robert McAlpine are currently more into the commercial/retail side of the business rather than civils.
However, the civils keeps ticking over with a major civils contract won every so often. Road jobs seem to be on the horizon.

Taylor Woodrow are merging their housing sector with Wimpey to create the largest UK housebuilder, however, I hear this will not affect scholarships into the construction side of the business.

Reply 5

EPD

DomTom

EDP u worked for arup didnt you? what was it like?

Only briefly, it was work experience as opposed to a placement. Seemed like a good company to work for. My uncle works for them, and loves it there.

Reply 6

DomTom

i think i;d rather be involved with a contracting firm rather than consulting. consulting sounds a bit boring to me.

so if atkins are consultants, would this mean they only do the designing and then pass on the building to someone else like balfour beatty?

Reply 7

EPD

You would get some site work, but yes, generally the consultant does the design work, the contractor is responsible for making sure it's done properly.

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