Viewpoints - what individual members really think about consortia

Funders also say the distinction between developers and contractors is blurred in practice.

For contractors, the report says as much as 60% of their turnover may come through consortia, which provides them with a degree of continuity of work. However, packages for subcontractors stay, which implies that the actual building production process may stay detached from and not necessarily affected by the existence of a consortium.

Developers, meanwhile, say that entering the world of the contractor is like entering a black box and that there are simply too many opportunities for contractors' costs to rise at the expense of the their profits.

Lawyers, who argue there is no actual single definition of the term ‘consortium', say a consortium that is separate from the client can lead to distrust.