In the beleaguered North, public sector spending cuts are biting deeper for local contractors already defending their patch from the attentions of the big boys. Davind Matthews looks at how bad it is, a asks three contractors how they're coping Crossrail, the Olympics, the tube upgrades, Thameslink ..." Graham Nicholson, vice-chairman of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), reels off the list to a recent gathering of engineers at the House of Commons. "Think about all these fantastic infrastructure projects the UK is building, all not more than 20 miles from here."
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