Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
Catch up on both parts of our 2019 review:
The Ryanair option
TfL boss Mike Brown on suggestions that HS2 might end at Old Oak Common, eight miles west of planned terminus Euston
Symptomatic of a culture that, while encouraging unchecked optimism, has also encouraged a denial of responsibility
London Assembly report criticises bonus payments at Crossrail
If you are asking me the question ‘am I leaving soon’, I hope not
Laing O’Rourke chief executive Ray O’Rourke on his company’s succession plan
The past two years have been the most demanding of my professional career
Interserve chief executive Debbie White announces she is leaving the business
Your support has been much appreciated during a challenging but exciting time
Spurs chair Daniel Levy tells fans the club’s new stadium was finally opening in April – eight months late
Crossrail thought the [train] trial running period would be a matter of eight or nine weeks. It’s actually nine to 12 months
Chief executive Mark Wild gives a TfL board meeting an inkling into why Crossrail is so late
The big number is the exceptionals [but] they really do relate to legacy issues under which we’re drawing a big thick line
Kier chief executive Andrew Davies on the firm’s £245m pre‑tax loss for the year
They don’t see this as a place they are going to get the returns they need for their investors
EY’s UK head of construction Ian Marson on the problem banks have with contractors
I’ve had better weeks
Simons’ executive chair Paul Hodgkinson following the collapse of the 75-year-old family business in October
He was very upfront, he led his team and he had a passion
22 Bishopsgate developer Sir Stuart Lipton on Ashley Muldoon, chief executive of the builder Multiplex, who left last month
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