A collection of the best and most regrettable quotes of 2014

2014 quotes

 

鈥淎rchitects are like insecure male lovers - desperate to prove something. Engineers are the providers of Viagra鈥�

Peter Rees, former city of London chief planner on what he learnt in 30 years of city planning
March 2014

 

鈥淭hey have ignored SMEs, accepted a pricing strategy that no one can afford to work within, and therefore the framework rates will not be used. Amusingly they have not selected a single independent architectural practice on the architect framework. It was a complete shambles鈥�

Lance Taylor, former chief executive of RLB, on the UK SBS consultants鈥� framework.
July 2014

 

鈥淒umb, dumb, dumb鈥�

Analyst Tony Williams on Miller Group鈥檚 decision to shelve plans to float a week after announcing them
October 2014

 

鈥淪ome of my peers in the industry have been dreadful. There鈥檚 two or three major builders in the industry who pay scant regard for training. They know who they are鈥�

Steve Morgan, chairman, Redrow on the challenge of filling the skills gap.
October 2014

 

Oh no they didn鈥檛! Things they wish they hadn鈥檛 said鈥�

 

鈥淲e鈥檙e righted and are on a good path鈥�

Nick Pollard, Balfour Beatty, March 2014
Balfour Beatty鈥檚 construction services boss speaking six weeks before a 拢30m profit warning, the first of three this year. In May he admitted it would actually take 18 months to fix the business

 

鈥淲e are preparing to engage with suppliers on the award鈥�

UK SBS spokesperson, Oct 2014
This was a statement of intent on the 拢750m government consultants framework鈥� which was scrapped the following month.

 

鈥淲e are very excited about being the driving force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world, and making this our new home鈥�

Tony Fernandes, Sept 2014
The QPR chairman on the football club鈥檚 plans to regenerate Old Oak Common鈥� only for one of the site鈥檚 main landowners, Cargiant, to publish its own rival plans for the area at the end of the year.

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