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A taste for the hard stuff: Laing O’Rourke’s Stewart McIntyre

2020-01-28T06:00:00Z

A year after Laing O’Rourke agreed a crucial £177m refinancing deal, the man who fought against the odds to make it happen talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

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Caroline Pidgeon: A decade spent scrutinising Crossrail

2020-01-21T06:00:00Z

Caroline Pidgeon knows Crossrail inside out after scrutinising the project for a decade and grilling its key players for London’s transport committee. She speaks to Jordan Marshall about exactly what has gone wrong, why the delay is so frustrating and lessons to be learned

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Ray O’Rourke: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before’

2019-12-13T06:00:00Z

Ray O’Rourke outlines his personal wish list for ministers and assesses the industry’s prospects for the year ahead

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We fought a shark… and won: Rider Levett Bucknall talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2019-11-29T06:00:00Z

Sixteen years ago, venture capitalists tried to pick RLB clean. Dave Rogers asks three of its top team how it survived – and thrived

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Never sitting still: AMCM directors Jon Wardle and Simon Wilkinson

2019-11-20T06:00:00Z

Both are known as steady hands in a storm-tossed industry, but that doesn’t stop them striking out to attract new talent and broaden their market

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Ð԰ɵç̨ Awards 2019: Female Leadership Award shortlist

2019-10-25T05:00:00Z

Nominees were chosen for their focus on ensuring women have a positive voice in construction and on attracting as wide a range of recruits as possible

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On a mission: Gillian Charlesworth talks plans for BRE Group

2019-10-18T05:00:00Z

BRE chief executive Gillian Charlesworth sits down with Ð԰ɵç̨

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‘Different doesn’t scare me’: Mary Pierre-Harvey has big plans for Oxford Brookes

2019-09-06T05:00:00Z

The UK’s first black female director of estates at a large UK university talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

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‘We like to give people a chance, to give them a go’: Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall talk to Ð԰ɵç̨

2019-07-26T05:00:00Z

Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall are preparing for the next phase in the firm’s three-decade history

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‘We can’t continue as we are’: Philip Hoare, Atkins, talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2019-07-05T05:00:00Z

Atkins’ new president talks about embracing digital, his plans to grow the firm outside the UK and his determination to transform construction’s broken models

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Offsite, on trend - why volumetric modular construction is the future

2019-07-02T05:00:00Z

There’s huge pressure for construction to find offsite solutions to boost its productivity and meet the housing and infrastructure needs of the country

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Q&A with Lara Poloni: how can we drive digital change?

2019-06-26T05:00:00Z

Aecom chief executive EMEA Lara Poloni on how to champion high-tech transformation from the top 

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Keith Waller: Construction's improvement tsar

2019-06-07T05:00:00Z

How will the Construction Innovation Hub spend £72m budget and four years to bring the industry into the 21st century?

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"In 100 years' time we'll have the Thames lined with derelict towers" - Peter Rees talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2019-05-22T05:00:00Z

Former London planning chief Peter Rees thinks Londoners should be worrying about the rising forest of new-build apartment blocks

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Interview: Charles O'Neil - solving construction's competency problem

2019-05-02T05:00:00Z

Construction expert Charles O’Neil reckons the industry’s core problem is competency. So he’s doing something about it

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Interview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2019-01-18T06:00:00Z

Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she’s still in London – and has risen to become Turner Townsend’s UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer’s success. ...

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Interview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2018-12-07T06:00:00Z

Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding

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Interview - Sir Stuart Lipton talks to Ð԰ɵç̨

2018-11-23T06:00:00Z

Developer Stuart Lipton is among the biggest names in the business – and has no intention of leaving it any time soon

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Lee Polisano: The high life

2018-11-08T07:00:00Z

PLP founder Lee Polisano’s greatest hits cluster the City skyline, visible from his London office. As the 10th anniversary of his practice and the looming storm of Brexit approach, he discusses what further work he sees on the horizon.

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Paul Hackett: Leading the charge for housing change

2018-10-19T06:00:00Z

As chair of London housing association group G15, Paul Hackett has plenty he wants to change about housebuilding in the social sector.