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Game of two halves: Galliford Try’s Greg Fitzgerald defends the hybrid model

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Galliford Try’s construction arm has been keeping the company afloat while its housebuilding side has struggled. Now, as construction wobbles, Emily Wright asks chief executive Greg Fitzgerald if the hybrid model can survive

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Grant Shapps: A young man in a hurry

2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

Come the summer, Grant Shapps is probably going to be in charge of housing policy. And he’s got an awful lot of policy to get through, from a root-and-branch rethink of planning to a radical overhaul of the HCA. Joey Gardiner asked the questions, Tim Foster took the photos

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French connection UK: Vinci's John Stanion talks strategy

2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

The British arm of the world’s largest contractor has a reputation for lightning reactions, a grip of steel and pretty soon, global reach – just don’t call it aggressive. Emily Wright met its head

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Defence Estates’ £20bn budget: Task Force Rampling

2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

What do you mean, ‘who is Diane Rampling?’ Didn’t your mothers teach you nothing? She’s only in charge of Defence Estates’ new procurement strategy, and she’s only got £20bn worth of bleedin’ work to dish out. Now then you miserable creatures, on the double, Major Emily Wright has a briefing

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The other Copenhagen: the inside track on the summit’s fringe events

2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

The treaty at next week’s climate change summit will change everything – if it ever gets signed. But it’s the fringe events that could change the way the world builds. Roxane McMeeken gets the inside track from one of the UK’s main representatives

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Braving the cold: Mike Farley on coaxing Persimmon back to health

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Mike Farley had barely got his feet under the desk as Persimmon chief executive when the recession struck, leaving the company with a plummeting share price and soaring debts. Here he tells Tom Bill about his plans to reverse those processes

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I’ll be watching you: Serious Fraud Office

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Richard Alderman is boss of the Serious Fraud Office, and he has the construction industry in his sights. Roxane McMeeken finds out how worried you should be

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Coffee with a dragon: Theo Paphitis talks construction

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

Theo Paphitis, millionaire, TV personality and dispenser of tough truths has one or two things to tell the construction industry about failure, self-knowledge and Prince Charles …

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Tom Barry: ‘The UAE is coming out of recession as we speak’

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Tom Barry is boss of Arabtec, the UAE’s biggest contractor, and he’s been doing the job for 35 years. So who better to ask what’s going to happen next to the Emirates?

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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