ConDrain, the
contractor the three DeGasperis brothers started a half - century ago, is best
known for building sewers, water
mains, storm drains and other essential urban arteries.
Anyone who has worked in the defence engineering industry will
know that financial risks start - out as innocuous looking technical risks on the Defence
Contractor's premises, where selected ones are deliberately concealed by the
Contractor during the design and development phase, then skilfully transferred to MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol where they morph into «show stopping» risks and come to the fore immediately after the
main investment decision has been taken (as they have done so spectacularly on the Type 45 destroyers with total power blackouts), ultimately ending up as an additional cost burden on the Front Line Commands, who have recently been given responsibility for the defence equipment budget — resulting in sleepless nights for many other people too!