More Interviews – Page 35
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The real story
Malcolm Clarke says construction isn t all big boys and cowboys. The NFB boss wants to tell clients and government about the smaller firms that make up 85% of the industry.
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Taking on Alsop
Not many developers would stick their neck out and take on Will Alsop s ultra-modern office designs. Which is where Malory Clifford comes in.
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Dixon and Jones
This elegant wing of the National Portrait Gallery. The Royal Opera House refurbishment. Somerset House’s riverside terrace. Welcome to the civilised world of architects Sir Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones.
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Paul Reeder
The man credited with pulling Schal’s chestnuts out of the fire at the Royal Opera House is now its boss. So how’s he going to make sure the company’s troubles are behind it?
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Mr Rethink
The boss of award-winning housebuilder Westbury is rising to the challenges of the stock market and the Internet.
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Budding genius
Ian Wall’s Edinburgh developer started with £5m; 14 years later, it’s worth £70m. And the funny thing is, its main aim wasn’t to make money at all.
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Renzo Piano
He has the pick of the world's big private commissions. He can compare himself to a pianist and get away with it. It's OK to be jealous.
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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Enter the green knight
Next week, Sir Martin Laing will launch a Construction Confederation report that aims to break the “vicious circle of blame” that is hampering sustainable building.
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Stefan Allesch-Taylor
The 30-year-old entrepreneur is turning his three-year-old property firm into an investment company and has just spent £85m on a stake in a US Internet business. So, why is he interested in quantity surveyor MDA?
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Ross Taylor
Meet Bovis Lend Lease's new group president. The 38-year-old Australian who brokered the deal between the companies has moved to London, with a brief to integrate the two and work out where the new business is going.
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All change
As chair of the RICS' Junior Organisation, Jacqueline Fearon personifies the young, dynamic image that the body is trying to promote in its Agenda for Change.
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Bob Emmerson
Ove Arup’s chairman designate has the job of preserving the Arup ethos while the firm changes into a heterogenous multinational. Here’s how he will do it.
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David Anderson
The new group managing director of O'Rourke has a reputation in contracting that means the subbie is probably glad to have him on its side. So, what plans does he have for the firm?
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Allan Leighton
Wilson Connolly's new non-executive deputy chairman plans to revolutionise UK housebuilding using the techniques he learned in his day job – as Asda chief executive.
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Sir Steve Robson
This Treasury man has three years to change the way state and industry do business. Not everyone thinks he can. How on earth is he going to make it happen?
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The wow factor
Tom Wright designed a jaw-dropping hotel at Dubai's Jumeirah Beach. Now he's putting WS Atkins Architects on the map all around the world – even in the UK.
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The outsider
Bill Tallis was not the obvious choice to head the Major Contractors Group, in that he had never worked in construction. So, what does the new director have in store?
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Playing safe
On new year’s eve, Richard Limb will be looking after 4 million people – it’s his job to ensure the capital’s millennium event goes off uneventfully.