Project participants: Contractor

The contractor enters into a contract with the project owner to construct the whole or part of the project.  

In some cases, a contractor may undertake all of the contracted work itself using its own personnel and equipment.

In other cases, a contractor may provide only the overall management of the project using its own resources.  It will then:

• sub-contract the construction work to sub-contractors
• obtain necessary expertise from consultants
• hire equipment from equipment hire companies
• purchase materials from suppliers.

In most cases, contractors partly carry out the works themselves, and partly carry out the works using sub-contractors, suppliers and consultants.