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ACS is made up of five key operating units . As Matt explains : “ In 2008 , the first recession hit . The company made the conscious decision to adapt the way in which we operated . Rather than continue , predominantly , as a subcontractor , we wanted to operate as a principal contractor in our own right . So , we took a lot of the good practices that we ’ d learned from working with larger organisations , and we applied to join National Grid ’ s Minor Civils framework , which we were awarded a place on . From there , we started to look at the company and branch out into divisions . Obviously , working on the National Grid framework tied in very nicely with the energy sector .
“ We decided we wanted to further our offering in this sector and spent a lot of time investing in that side of the business . It soon became the fastest-growing unit within
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