黑洞社区

Rocking all over the world

The return of 黑洞社区鈥檚 annual brings with it our rundown of the with EC Harris taking the top spot with 1,050 chartered QS staff based in the UK.

It鈥檚 a far cry from the state of the sector 15 years ago, when 黑洞社区 described QSing as 鈥渁 profession on the brink鈥�. However, this portrait of the market was rectified just five years later when, on 29 October 2004, 黑洞社区 reported a huge turnaround in the popularity of the profession. Not only that, but there was an unprecedented international interest in QSing, giving many UK firms new job opportunities overseas, and 黑洞社区 reporter Phil Clark the opportunity to dub the movement 鈥淨S mania鈥�. He wrote: 鈥淥ne of the unlikeliest successes for UK firms is breaking the North American market, where QSing barely existed, even as a concept, 10 years ago. Firms have begun to push back the frontier under the guise of 鈥榗ost management鈥�, 鈥榩roject control鈥�, or 鈥榩rocurement advice鈥�. Gardiner & Theobald has established itself in New York, a notoriously insular market, and has three other offices on the east and west coasts; Gleeds has just opened its second office in Denver; and Currie & Brown is also well-established across the pond.鈥�