Construction industry gossip: New year opener

By Joseph Aloysius Hansom2025-01-17T07:00:00

The latest chatter around the industry

Antiques road show

Core Five founding partner James Clark, who is retiring in March after 13 years at the firm and nearly 40 years in the industry, remembers the first payment the fledgling practice was handed in 2012. “It was a cheque for £350,” he says. Turns out it was payment from Haworth Tompkins for a feasibility study into a new roof at the open air theatre at Regent’s Park. “What’s a cheque?” asked one of my colleagues.

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