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The five hundred million pound woman: Colette O'Shea

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Last week, we looked at what life on site was like for the industry’s female minority. This week, Emily Wright heads to the boardroom to meet Land Securities’ Colette O’Shea, the most powerful woman in London development

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Costain's Andrew Wyllie: Who wants to be glamorous anyway?

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

With £2.5bn of orders on its books, Costain’s move towards sectors such as waste, oil and roads seems like an inspired decision. Andrew Wyllie, the man who made it, tells Sarah Richardson where the contractor is heading next

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The gatekeeper: Bob Lane on regenerating the Thames Gateway

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bob Lane’s mission to regenerate a huge area of the Thames Gateway was always going to be a tough one – and then the recession and a new political climate kicked in

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Double vision: Bill Hanway of Aecom UK on expansion plans

2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

In five years’ time, Bill Hanway expects Aecom’s British business to be twice as big as it is now. The consultancy giant’s new UK boss tells Emily Wright how he plans to do it

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Counter attack: Interview with Sainsbury's head of property

2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

Firms react differently to recession. Some struggle through, some hibernate – and some (for example, Sainsbury’s) launch £1.6bn offensives to grab market share. Emily Wright and Anna Reynolds met the man who’s planning the big push

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Philip Youell interview: ‘We read the market right’

2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

No new major schemes in the UK or Europe, a global recession and the collapse of business in Dubai. So why is EC Harris so bullish? Chief executive Philip Youell explains how his re-engineering of the (former) cost consultant has been vindicated

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Tim Byles: 'We're firing on all cylinders'

2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

There’s no doubt the pace has picked up since Tim Byles took over the running of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future programme. But with all the uncertainties of the economy and next year’s election, will he be able to keep up the momentum?

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So long, Sunand: the outgoing RIBA president reflects

2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

Regrets? He’s had a few. But then again, too few to mention – unless pushed. Sunand Prasad, the outgoing president of the RIBA gives Dan Stewart a list of his achievements while in office, and fighting Prince Charles was only one of them

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Right man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska

2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months

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Life after Skanska: David Fison on downsizing

2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

After being on the ropes at one of the world’s biggest contractors, David Fison moved to a small family firm. Here he tells Roxane McMeeken what happened, and how it changed his life

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Turner & Townsend's unseasonal success: Vince Clancy interview

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

There aren’t many companies that are hiring senior staff, opening offices and preparing themselves for the stock market. But then there aren’t many chief executives like Turner & Townsend’s all-conquering Vince Clancy

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International salary guide 2009: Where in the world is the best pay?

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

As the recession turns sought-after consultants into international jobseekers, where can you go for some relief? Roxane McMeeken met one victim of the cuts, and Hays Construction tallied average pay packets from across the globe

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Danger Man: the HSE's Philip White

2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

Philip White has taken over the Health and Safety Executive’s construction division just when companies are under most pressure to cut budgets. So what’s his plan of attack?

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The bridge builder: Arup's new chairman Philip Dilley

2009-06-26T00:00:00Z

Philip Dilley, the new chairman of Arup, has to span the hole that the recession has left in the firm’s order book – while maintaining its singular approach and outlook

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Our man in Riyadh: Buro Happold’s boss moves to Saudi

2009-06-19T00:00:00Z

With a stream of UK companies looking for work in Saudi Arabia, Buro Happold decided it had do something to maintain its position as top dog. So it sent its chairman, Rod Macdonald, to go and live there. Emily Wright spoke to him two weeks after he arrived

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Reed out loud: the RIBA's first woman president

2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ruth Reed wants to change people’s views of the RIBA – and becoming the institute’s first woman president isn’t a bad place to start. She talks to Dan Stewart about her priorities for her two-year stint, the recession and how she hopes to make the RIBA less London-centric

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Stone Alone: Crest Nicholson's boss on surviving a crisis

2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

Crest Nicholson was knocked sideways by the disintegration of the housing market and the failure of the global banking system, and for 10 months chief executive Stephen Stone shouldered the weight of a collapsing company. Tom Bill found out what it took to keep smiling

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Auschwitz: telling the SS I was a builder saved my life

2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sixty-five years after he entered Auschwitz, Albert Veissid tells Ben King the extraordinary tale of how his fictitious construction skills helped him survive

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Budget hotels: Premier Inn's purple reign

2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alex Flach, the man in charge of building the Premier Inn budget hotels, says he wants to build, build, build – which should give some of you looking for work a good night’s sleep. Especially if you like purple

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He's back: Lord Falconer returns to the Thames Gateway

2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Falconer has unfinished business at the Thames Gateway – but given the recession, axed transport projects and scant progress since he worked on the scheme six years ago, can even this ‘heavy hitter’ get things rolling?