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FeaturesWalking in Lucinda鈥檚 wonderland
Come with us on a journey past the 6 ft high green rabbit and the shrine to Prickle, Hops and Florence to this couch, where we will sit by Rastus and Roy Rogers while we discuss English heritage with the sublime Lucinda Lambton 鈥� part broadcaster, part eccentric and part ...
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FeaturesThe adventures of Simon Cowell鈥檚 nicer brother
John Cowell may not have his younger sibling鈥檚 Pop Idol fame and fortune, but his construction consultancy has found a way to cash in on the family name. We talk to him about Hendrix, Will Young and Mr Nasty鈥檚 notoriously high waistbands.
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FeaturesHi im John w8 ;-)
The chairman of Metronet has two-thirds of London鈥檚 dilapidated Underground resting on his shoulders. So why, then, is he so chirpy 鈥� and what鈥檚 with the texting? We met John Weight to find out.
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FeaturesThe clan McCarthy at work and play
John McCarthy helped to create arguably the most successful housebuilder in Britain, then left after a failed buyout and a row. Now sons Clinton and Spencer are hoping to repeat the trick 鈥� with a little assistance from dad, of course.
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FeaturesThe fisher queen
Denise Kingsmill鈥檚 impressive CV got Ray O鈥橰ourke hooked enough to hire her as head of his advisory group on human capital. Now she鈥檚 got to do some more bait-dangling to get industry bods on board. She spoke to us about fluff, grit and wrestling with salmon.
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FeaturesJack Pringle
Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.
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FeaturesThe doorman's advice
Roy Wakeman, the new chairman of the Construction Confederation, has come from the bottom of the industry's supply chain 鈥� so he's had a good view of where it's failing, and how it can improve.
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FeaturesSomething about pete
How does a 34-year-old accountant with no real previous get the top of one of the country's largest housebuilders? Well, as we found out, a brain the size of a planet helps 鈥�
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FeaturesTravellin' man
Charlie Hughes of Smart Futures discusses air miles, broken backs, Saddam Hussein and sustainability with us.
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FeaturesMike Davies
T5's project architect tells us about his 20 years spent designing the same building
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FeaturesA grave responsibility
Graham Farrant's task is to create a profitable group that will advise individual clients and lobby for their collective interests. This is about as popular a job as undertaking 鈥� which is apt, given what happened to the last body.
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FeaturesOliver Letwin
The donnish shadow chancellor may look most at home surrounded by dusty tomes, but he's all for rewriting the book when it comes to the civil service. He talks to us about modernisation, decentralisation and, er, oysters.
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FeaturesBoss of the year
Balfour Beatty's impressive rise over the years has been down largely to the talents of one man: Mike Welton. Little wonder, then, that he wowed the judges at Tuesday's 黑洞社区 Awards and came out clutching the accolade for inaugural chief executive of the year, sponsored by KPMG. We assess his ...
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FeaturesMake my day
Duncan Innes, the director of English Partnerships, is seen as John Prescott's enforcer for the all-important task of building houses in the South-east. But it would be difficult to imagine a more mild-mannered Dirty Harry, as we found out.
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FeaturesAce venturer
Four months in and Nelson Ogunshakin, the Association of Consulting Engineers' new chief executive, is steering his ship into unchartered waters. He tells Kate Allen why his plans simply can't fail.
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FeaturesKeith Clarke
We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task 鈥� with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.
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FeaturesHappy to be here
As the UK prepares to welcome to Eastern European workers in May, we meet Yolanda Dwornik, a Polish immigrant from an earlier generation who made it to this country against very long odds indeed.
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FeaturesMiranda's way
No doubt you think Miranda Seymour-Smith's a bit quixotic. After all, she wants to get women onto site by banning wet T-shirt jokes. On the other hand, the Queen asks to come to her dos and Peter Rogers is her biggest fan. Still so sure?