We read comments like "local commissioners don't know what they are buying," and "if our local authority doesn't hand over contracts soon, there won't be anyone to hand contracts to".
Five colossal cranes still tower over it, glinting as the sun sets behind the hills, but work is virtually finished, contracts exchanged and keys handed over.
We have not "handed over the Alpha chip to Intel" — we've just contracted for manufacturing, a normal practice in the industry.
It was at Greenwich, in the fondly remembered Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club, a place notorious for difficult audiences and where, from the moment we walked on stage, hecklers started shouting: "Get your tits out!" At the end of the evening, feeling sorry for us, Malcolm handed over two contracts instead of one, which allowed us to reach our Equity quota.
The Tories decided to hand over final contract signing to the new Labour administration, who ordered a review into the development.
When the council's administration changed in May, the Tories decided to hand over final contract signing to Labour, who ordered a review into the development.
Handing over the prison contract fully to G4S would ensure that the prisoners would be running the jails before you could say: "Would you like a £10 wrap with your porridge today, sir". Soon after, we would simply withdraw all staff and let the inmates get on with it.
On Thursday the company, along with G4S, was forced to hand over its electronic tagging contracts to rival Capita following fraud allegations over the way they charged the government.
As long as significant public works projects or other construction endeavors are handed over to private contracting companies, such decisions balancing public safety with profit maximization will inevitably ensue, and at least occasionally, safety will be overlooked.
