All Interviews articles – Page 35

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    Alastair Mellon

    2002-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Just 37 years old and with no previous IT experience, the managing director of construction portal Asite is changing the way the industry thinks about e-procurement. Marcus Fairs found out what makes him tick – and blush.

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    Sir John Fairclough

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The government's latest one-man ginger group for construction is its former chief scientific adviser, but, as Thomas Lane discovered, he is not just calling for radical reform. He's much more ambitious than that …

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    Dave Prentis

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    After his stunning victory over PFI contractors last week, the Unison general secretary has emerged as the PFI’s most effective opponent. But, he tells Tom Broughton, that doesn’t make him a ‘wrecker’ …

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    Tony Pidgley

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The king of British housebuilding talks to Phil Clark about architecture, the great British housebuilder and – after the departure of Tony Jr from Berkeley– why he ain't going anywhere yet.

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    By royal appointment

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The newly announced head of the DTLR's urban policy unit is currently Prince Charles' architectural right-hand man. Mark Leftly speaks to David Lunts about his struggle to bring traditionalism into the mainstream.

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    Bob White

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Movement for Innovation has become bogged down in jargon, duplication and preachy language. Its new chairman, Mace boss Bob White, tells Marcus Fairs how he intends to shake up the Egan body – and win over the big players.

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    The go-getter

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Clack, the youngest-ever fellow of the RICS, is leading a shake-up of her profession. Here she tells Victoria Madine why project managers do not deserve the bad press they sometimes get from the rest of the project team.

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    Terry Farrell

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    When an ennobled architect suggests tearing down the walls of Buckingham Palace, you know you're dealing with something of a nonconformist. Mark Leftly finds out what Terry's rebelling against.

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    Brian May

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    He's back in the news after HBG's sale to Dragados, but May is still best know for his part in the fall of Laing Construction. In his first interview since then, he tells Phil Clark about the indignity of having his firm sold for £1 – and his new life ...

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    Chris Mellor

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Some people might think AWG's admission that it paid £22m over the odds for contractor Morrison is a cause for embarrassment. But, as Victoria Madine discovered, the water group's chief executive isn't one of them.

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    Hanif Kara

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Hanif Kara, founding partner of structural engineer Adams Kara Taylor, knows that image can be crucial when you're building a business. So how come he's so nervous telling Marcus Fairs about his own?

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    Brian Wilson

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    In an exclusive first interview, industry minister Brian Wilson talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about the procurement lessons of Picketts Lock, making construction feel at home in the DTI – and his Beach Boy namesake.

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    The hard part

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Meet the actress who became a temp, set up a management consultant and took a degree in France. Now she wants to try something challenging: turning around ailing quantity surveyor MDA.

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    Femme fatale

    2001-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Once rumoured to have called for the bosses of English Heritage to have their heads put on spikes, Judith Mayhew is a ferocious fighter for the development of the City. Mark Leftly meets London's top planner.

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    Baroness Blackstone

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Not only does the minister for the arts bubble with enthusiasm for architecture and architects, she's determined that Whitehall should take them seriously, too. And she's even ready to name and shame colleagues who aren't architecturally on message.

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    Outside the box

    2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Charlie Luxton was a student when TV decided he was architecture's answer to Jamie Oliver. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø met him and found he's a pretty good riposte to housebuilders, too.

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    Hugh Try

    2001-10-12T00:00:00Z

    CITB chairman Hugh Try talks about Construction Week, daunting recruitment targets, those adverts, and keeping a cool head.

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    Mark Whitby

    2001-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The next president of the ICE talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about his role as construction's voice on the New York tragedy, and his passion for his profession.

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    Benedetta Tagliabue

    2001-09-28T00:00:00Z

    The widow of Scottish parliament architect Enric Miralles talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about her husband's death and taking over the reins of his most controversial project.

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    The axeman

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    You may think Andrew Wyllie doesn't look the kind of guy who'd happily tell 800 people they were out of a job – and you'd be right. The Taywood boss couldn't sleep at night while he did it. He tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø why it was still the right thing to do.