All articles by Emily Wright 鈥� Page 3
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CommentFive minutes with ... Andrew Altman
Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive tells 黑洞社区 what the rest of the world is making of London 2012鈥檚 post-games preparations
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CommentFive minutes with ... Tim Mote at Mipim
Aecom鈥檚 regional director gives 黑洞社区 the lowdown on Europe鈥檚 safe havens in the Qatar Pavilion
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CommentFive minutes with ... Abdulla Faisal Al Doseri at Mipim
Bahrain Bay Development deputy CEO tells 黑洞社区 why the kingdom is the place to be
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FeaturesE.ON's Michael Woodhead: Power trip
E.ON UK鈥檚 sustainable energy division is quickly becoming a very influential player in the country鈥檚 power market. Ahead of its starring role at Ecobuild next month, managing director Michael Woodhead tells 黑洞社区 why that鈥檚 particularly good news for construction
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FeaturesOpportunities in Qatar
A US giant may have scooped the lead role on Qatar鈥檚 World Cup, but UK firms are well placed to target the $100bn that the richest country in the world is investing in construction before 2015. 黑洞社区 took a flight out east
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FeaturesDigging Doha: Msheireb's Issa M Al Mohannadi
Qatari client Msheireb Properties wants its 拢3.5bn Downtown Doha scheme to be the prototype for future cities around the world. 黑洞社区 talks to its chief executive about why this masterplan is so radical and why he wants UK expertise to help make it happen
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FeaturesClass of London 2012: Apprentices on the Olympic park
The Olympic Delivery Authority bucked the trend of cutting investment in training and took on 457 apprentices on the Olympic park rather than the 100 planned. Emily Wright finds out how this has paid off
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FeaturesAre you a 黑洞社区 2012 Hero?
Calling all those who worked on the Olympics - 黑洞社区 is on the hunt for five people whose outstanding contribution helped make the Games a success
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NewsUK construction firms 鈥榟ave the edge鈥� in Qatar
Director of 拢3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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FeaturesIngrid Skinner: First we take West Hampstead
Ingrid Skinner has big plans to turn Taylor Wimpey鈥檚 fledgling London division into a 拢100m-turnover business - and all without leaving Zone 2. She talks to 黑洞社区. Photography by Anthony Lycett
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: Jobs on the line
HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. 黑洞社区 assesses the opportunities ahead
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FeaturesLOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy
As LOCOG鈥檚 head of venues and infrastructure, James Bulley has just six months to install 200,000 temporary seats, put up 76 miles of fencing, finish the hockey stadium, weed the rowing lake 鈥� and take the rap if anything goes wrong. So why is he so calm? 黑洞社区 finds out. ...
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NewsNo marketing rule 鈥榡ust needs imagination鈥�, says ODA chairman
Sir John Armitt says contractors can work around Olympic no marketing protocols
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NewsExclusive: 13 firms to share 拢320m HS2 work
Full details released of 13 consultants that will share 拢320m worth of work on first phase of new high speed rail line
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NewsRamboll to fast track growth through global expansion
UK managing director says global expansion and acquisitions will help firm hit 拢75m turnover
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FeaturesCharles McBeath on Ramboll growth: Why stop now?
For Charles McBeath, head of Ramboll UK, the secret to growth is acquisition and last year he doubled the size of his company by acquiring engineering firm Gifford, boosting turnover from 拢35m to 拢58m. But that, he tells 黑洞社区, was just for starters
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FeaturesThe London 1948 Olympics: Running on empty
If the preparations for London 2012 have sometimes felt like an uphill struggle, at least we haven鈥檛 had to ask the world to bring its own food. Launching our 黑洞社区 Memories series from the magazine archive, 黑洞社区 looks back to the Austerity Olympics of 1948 - the last time the ...
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NewsBalfour Beatty targets spike in overseas mining work
Chief operating officer predicts 鈥榟uge growth鈥� in sector in Australia and plans to increase staff
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FeaturesAndrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a 拢15bn order book and profit north of 拢300m, Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells 黑洞社区, there鈥檚 work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where ...