More Interviews – Page 3
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‘I love developing, contracting, designing’ – Gary Neville on his journey from pitch to property
With his £400m St Michael’s scheme finally underway, the former Manchester United star sits down with Daniel Gayne to discuss his real estate career
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‘I came back from maternity leave and didn’t have a desk’ How one CEO is using her experiences to help others
The boss of M&E consultant FHP believes opportunities for women are, finally, looking up – just don’t make them wear a pink hard hat
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‘Sometimes you pinch yourself.’ The boy from the Chester semi running €4bn Arcadis
Alan Brookes tells Dave Rogers more consolidation in the sector is inevitable, why we should just get on and build HS2 and singing for his supper
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They used to call me ‘sir’ on site: Buro Happold’s Sarah Prichard on her journey to the top
For International Women in Engineering Day, one of the sector’s only female MDs talks about tossing coins, working in the Middle East and where the sector goes from here
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Time for ministers to enforce boardroom diversity? Meet Lara Oyedele
Have we reached the point where diversity needs to be enforced through regulation? The CIH president thinks so
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Expansion plans and adding value: Currie & Brown boss Alan Manuel points the way ahead
Currie & Brown is now owned by multi-national giant Dar Group and has ambitions to expand its turnover 50% by 2027 - here’s how
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In business with Rapleys’ Justin Tuckwell
In the past few years Rapleys’ income from building consultancy has increased 300%, catapulting the man behind it to managing partner of the whole firm
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‘The day I convince myself I know everything is the day I go’: an interview with Bam’s John Wilkinson
The firm’s well-travelled COO on margins, a changing industry and the Iron (Scunthorpe United to you and me)
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‘We’re the victims of short-term policy-making’: Interview with Jennie Daly
The chief executive of Taylor Wimpey thinks a national housing strategy is needed. Jennie Daly tells Joey Gardiner why housebuilders need to ‘repair’ their reputation
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Pushing forward the green agenda: Introba’s Brian Goldsmith and Doug Kerr
Source: Introba Introba’s new office in Holborn, designed by Dar Group stablemates Perkins + Will
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Steve Morgan interview: ‘It’s like the government wants to destroy the industry’
The Redrow founder says the government is letting down the industry and giving in to opponents of development. Joey Gardiner asks the former Tory donor if he will be helping the party again
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‘Just get on and build the thing.’ John Armitt goes in to bat for HS2
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on why politics can never be taken out of building and why we should stop dithering
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Quintain’s way helps lift Wembley out of the doldrums
The firm’s chief executive James Saunders tells Dave Rogers what’s been going on at the site with the famous name and what’s next
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Glencar’s founders on boxing clever and why warehouses can be beautiful
Eddie McGillycuddy and Chris Gleave tell Dave Rogers how the firm they set up six years ago is branching out and why clients now want ‘sheds’ to look pretty
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In business with Galliford Try’s Bill Hocking: ‘There are some things that just have to carry on’
The talk is of the longest recession in 100 years but for all that, Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking cannot contain his optimism. Dave Rogers went to meet him
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The silent revolution: an interview with CITB boss Tim Balcon
Tim Balcon tells Carl Brown about his non-academic background, personal tragedy and his mission to improve vocational qualifications
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In business with Beard’s Mike Hedges: ‘There are opportunities out there’
The director of the regional contractor talks about the advantages of not growing too big and how, even in turbulent times, there are grounds for optimism about the future
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Tony Wilson’s legacy in Manchester: ‘A city where you can stay up north and be successful’
In 2006 Yvette Livesey guest-edited Building with her former partner and music mogul Tony Wilson. She talks about their work together
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Andy Burnham interview: remaking Manchester
Manchester’s mayor on how green spaces, better infrastructure and the pursuit of net zero are at the heart of his ambitious plans for the city
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In business: BW looks to the future
Ex-Overbury execs Steve Elliott and Anthony Brown on how they plan to grow while maintaining the firm’s “underdog” spirit