All Interviews articles – Page 15
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Calmer waters: Dave Sheridan of Keepmoat
Keepmoat has had a choppy 12 months since its merger with Apollo. But new boss Dave Sheridan is confident that the wind is changing
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Sir Terry Leahy: The Other Side of the Checkout
Sir Terry Leahy was one of the industry’s toughest clients as boss of Tesco. Now he’s become an investor in green building technology - and he wants your business
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Another jewel in the Crown: Alastair Smart
The Crown Estate is that rare thing: a public body steeped in history that is at the same time a highly efficient profit-making machine. Alastair Smart is its head of development
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The other Mr M of AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ Google HQ win topped off a profitable year for the practice. Vern Pitt talks to MD Peter Morris about the secret to bagging the big clients
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Chris Kane: The man from Auntie
The BBC’s property department has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past decade, to rival anything on the news side. Long-time boss Chris Kane talks about the major projects – and whether he still feels he is on a ‘hiding to nothing’ with the construction industry
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Interview with Greg Barker
Energy minister Greg Barker talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about why value for money is so important and his passion for the Green Deal
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David Montague: Playing the numbers game
The head of London Quadrant, the capital’s biggest affordable housing provider, on the changing role of housing associations
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David Tonkin interview
Atkins’ boss on the gains from being the engineering provider for London 2012, and on returning the firm to growth
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You're hired: the Apprentice architect
Architect Gabrielle Omar tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø how being ‘the nice one’ on BBC’s The Apprentice helped her practice get work
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Top interviews in 2012
From the UK’s most famous practising architect to a reclusive duo in charge of a fast-growing contractor, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø has interviewed a variety of industry characters this year. Here’s our pick of some of our favourites
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Ramboll interview: Back to black
For a man who has a one million pound hole to fill, Steve Canadine, boss of Ramboll’s UK arm, doesn’t seem particularly worried
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Interview: Rob Tincknell, Battersea Power Station
Rob Tincknell is the man tasked with bringing an end to decades of disappointment at Battersea Power Station
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Stanton Williams: There’s nothing wrong with buildings that just do their jobs
Fresh from their victory, the Stirling prize winners talk us through 27 years of non-shouty architecture
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Interview: Philip Youell, EC Harris
EC Harris tied the knot with Arcadis a year ago and since then its chief executive has used their combined strength to win work worth £40m. Philip Youell tells Iain Withers the secrets to a successful takeover and where he intends to pitch for work in the future
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Douglas Oakervee, HS2: Full steam ahead
Douglas Oakervee tells Vern Pitt why the country must get on board High Speed Two, the UK’s biggest off-site construction project
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Richard Blakeway: Boris' house master
GLA deputy mayor for housing Richard Blakeway on getting housebuilding moving in the capital
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Sean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS’ overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn’t about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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Interview: Renzo Piano
The Shard’s architect is back in town and raring to go on his latest project
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Ian Baker interview: "It was a big call"
In November 2009 Linden Homes decided to embark on a radical growth strategy. Three years later, its profit is up 140%. MD Ian Baker explains how the company pulled it off
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Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle: We like winning
Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle, the two men who built McLaren, on how they created a £400m-turnover contractor in the teeth of an economic crisis – and why they’ve got no plans to sell up