1.   In many ways the consulting arm of GROVE PROJECTS is stronger as a specialist engineering and surveying consultancy than it was as a multi-discipline practice.

2.   Andersen Worldwide was sued by its consulting arm, which is seeking arbitration to break up the firm.

3.   Compaq built its consulting arm in large part through the acquisitions of the Digital Equipment Corp. and Tandem Computer.

4.   HP tried and failed to acquire consulting firm PriceWaterHouse Coopers last year, and bought the consulting arm of Comdisco last week.

5.   His group, for example, has a for-profit consulting arm, Community Wealth Ventures.

6.   Sun Microsystems, a Hewlett-Packard competitor, also has its own consulting arm.

7.   Stanley Works, the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers and other companies are in the process of doing so.

8.   These factors have driven several recent transactions, in addition to the failed effort by PricewaterhouseCoopers to sell its consulting arm.

9.   But most accounting firms already have separated from their consulting divisions, including Andersen, whose consulting arm split off into a unit called Accenture.

10.   Other accounting firms have also separated from their consulting arms.