Gareth Lewis interview: how Mace is weathering the economic storm

By Dave Rogers2022-07-06T07:27:00

The chief executive of the firm’s construction arm has been through three recessions but says the current conditions are unprecedented.

“Competition is really, really important.” Gareth Lewis, the chief executive of Mace’s £1.5bn turnover construction arm, is standing on top of Battersea power station on a hot, sunny morning pointing out all the jobs that the firm is working on as the capital stretches out in all directions.

It is a remarkable view and, for those few with lots of money at their disposal – prices start at £865,000 and run into tens of millions of pounds – it will be theirs when the final residents of the 250 or so flats move into their new homes in a few weeks’ time.

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