How contractors should respond to the Carillion collapse
With 30,000 businesses affected and a collective £1bn owed, the scale of this insolvency is extraordinary - but the same common sense responses still apply, says Michael Gallucci
Michael Gallucci is the Managing Director and majority shareholder in M P Gallucci Quantity Surveyors Limited, providing quality surveying, project management, expert witness and dispute resolution service. An accomplished and experienced MEP Quantity Surveyor and Quantum Expert Witness with over 25 years’ experience, principally within the construction industry, specialising in Mediation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. On successfully graduating with a MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration, Michael is now completing his I-GDL at the University of Law. Michael is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the RICS.
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