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FeaturesDavid Ridley
He's almost 60 and he's spent 30 years turning Faithful & Gould from a local into a global firm, so you might think he'd be ready to take on something really difficult. And you'd not be wrong 鈥�
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FeaturesDermot Gleeson
The chairman of MJ Gleeson may look like he's sitting pretty as he takes over the hot seat at the Major Contractors Group. But the question everybody's asking is, can he stop its members from leaving?
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FeaturesThe leveller
Julie Mellor, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has construction's lousy record of recruiting women in her sights. But she's not out to give the industry a bashing: she has more subtle ways of making it see sense
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FeaturesHow low can he go?
Famed for an audacious, but failed, bid for Tay Homes, Country & Metropolitan boss Stephen Wicks had better luck with his acquisition of NorthCountry Homes. Now he's championing rock-bottom sale prices and planning his next buy. Josephine Smit met him.
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FeaturesParty animal
Dawn Gibbins' blend of knife-throwing, feng shui, democracy and belly dancing certainly makes a new contribution to modern management theory. But how did it win her businesswoman of the year?
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FeaturesDavid Miliband
The schools standards minister comes across as a sixth-form debating champion 鈥� but can he convince regional contractors to play a leading role in his plan to revamp the UK's secondary schools?
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FeaturesDavid Langdon & Everest's Rob Smith
Davis Langdon & Everest鈥檚 new boss tells us about his plans for the QS in the chilly days to come. Nothing drastic 鈥� just a complete change of culture and business strategy 鈥�
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FeaturesHolliday homes
David Holliday, managing director of Kent-based Ward Homes, has found his place in the sun. With huge housing growth predicted in the Thames Gateway, he couldn't be in a better position. But he won't be resting on his laurels 鈥� as we found out, he's flat out keeping up with ...
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FeaturesBridging Tactics
As the designer of military bridges used in the Iraq war, Tom Foulkes took pride in last month's victory. But will the head of the Institution of Civil Engineers win an internal battle for change?
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FeaturesIf we can make it there 鈥�
With Murray Grove, Cartwright Pickard established itself as the practice that could turn modular technology into architecture. Now that the Americans want it to do the same for them, the practice is poised to realise some of its ambitions. And boy is it ambitious 鈥�
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FeaturesBlazing a trail
Ballal Raza is a down-to-earth Brummie project manager with bags of confidence and plenty of commitment 鈥� and the industry needs to recruit thousands more just like him. We met a young Asian professional taking construction's image issues in his stride.
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FeaturesDavid Gann
The head of Imperial College's innovation studies centre has spent years gently taking the fear factor out of innovation. Now, says Josephine Smit, it looks as if a conservative construction industry has finally plucked up the courage to trust him.
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FeaturesDo you know this man?
The enigmatic John McDonough has given his first interview since taking over at Carillion two years ago, and in it he tells Tom Broughton how he's turned the contractor into a lean, PFI-powered speedboat.
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FeaturesMiller's tale
Tim Hough, Miller Homes' new managing director, plans to expand into the South-east and build on the company's reputation for quality and care. But is it the firm's results that are giving him the best reason to be cheerful?
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FeaturesThe children's crusade
How can you make a name for yourself if that name belongs to your famous parent? We talk to people who've wrestled with this problem 鈥� and found their own answers.
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FeaturesMan of manners
David Hardy is a community-spirited man 鈥� chair of his parish hall, school governor and a fan of village life. Now he's trying to introduce a bit more neighbourliness into construction. We meet the manager of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
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FeaturesRafael Vi帽oly
The Uruguayan's idea of resurrecting New York's twin towers as refined replicas of their former selves was an attempt to imagine how the city would look in 25 years.We asked him where the inspiration came from
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FeaturesMike Jeffries
How did a man with the reputation of being one the industry's shrewdest (and largest) operators let Atkins get into such a mess? And how will he clear it up?
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FeaturesPiercy Conner
It was splashed all over the headlines and even displayed in a Selfridges window, so why did the Microflat never take off? Its designers Stuart Piercy and Richard Conner have a theory 鈥� and haven't given up hope.