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Jeremy Horner: We will stay true to our values

2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

When Davis Langdon merged with Aecom last August, many clients worried that the British institution would lose its identity. But for Jeremy Horner, the group’s global chief executive, things had to change in order to stay the same - and besides, it was never all that British anyway. Portrait by ...

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David Higgins: Good move

2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

Network Rail is going through its biggest investment phase since Victorian times - and it’s got itself a new boss. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV talks to David Higgins, ex-Olympics chief, about leaving one big project for another

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Robert Care: looking up

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

Arup’s London office just got a much-needed burst of sunshine from Australia - Robert Care is here, with plans to steer the firm to success in the UK and abroad. David Matthews finds him characteristically optimistic

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Hey, big spender: Richard Pilkington

2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with £3.5bn to spend - and that’s just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington

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Who's afraid of Zaha Hadid?

2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

London developers are, says the world-renowned architect. But that’s not going to stop her increasing her presence in the UK and following up her aquatics centre success with tall buildings in the capital. She talks about work, high points and low - and why her clubbing days are over

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Bloom time: Dave Ward

2011-04-28T00:00:00Z

Want to boost your chances of being nominated this year’s best employer in ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s Good Employer Guide? Then have a listen to last year’s winner. Dave Ward, chief executive of Winvic, talks about how paying staff fairly has been the key to business success

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James Caan: Hear me roar

2011-04-21T00:00:00Z

Any good story has a rags-to-riches theme and James Caan doesn’t disappoint. And as he makes a surprise move into property, he’s keen to share the cash around. This is the Dragon who hates to follow the crowd.

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Andy Von Bradsky: A man of parts

2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

At the heart of Andy Von Bradsky’s business strategy as boss of PRP is a paradox: to survive as an architect, you have to stop just being an architect. It’s time we used all the skills at our disposal, he says

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A family affair: David Hurcomb

2011-04-08T00:00:00Z

As chief executive of family-owned NG Bailey, David Hurcomb has a heavy weight on his shoulders – securing the future for generations of Baileys to come

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Remixed: Ab Rogers interview

2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ab Rogers, son of Richard, flopped at school, became a hippy, and is, by his own father’s judgment, ’pretty crazy’. None of that stops him being a sought after UK designer trusted with designs for the likes of Pizza Express and the Fat Duck. Meet a true individual

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Greg Barker interview: 'We've got to transform the built environment'

2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

Minister for climate change is nothing if not ambitious. He’s pushing through the government’s Green Deal to retrofit Britain’s 26 million homes. Fine idea, of course, but will it actually work?

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Andrew Wyllie: Yes, we can

2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

With Costain’s much publicised bid for Mouchel rebuffed no fewer than four times, and huge infrastructure plans dependent on funding, how come chief executive Andrew Wyllie is so upbeat?

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Paul Wilson: Standing out from the dark

2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever the fate of its stricken Irish counterpart, Sisk UK is determined to beat the recession with an ambitious strategy of expansion. Managing director Paul Wilson explains how he plans to make it work.

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Dennis Hone: the long goodbye

2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

The Olympic Delivery Authority’s new boss has kept his cool in the furore over the Games’ legacy. He’s more concerned with meeting those unmissable deadlines and ensuring the ODA itself bows out with grace

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Nick and Christian Candy: The Candy men can

2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

Nick and Christian Candy reckon you may as well put a sign up at Heathrow saying the UK doesn’t welcome successful people. But if anyone can persuade the country we have the entrepreneurial nous to get us out of the hole we’re in, it’s the men behind One Hyde Park ...

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Greg Clark: Local hero

2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

Greg Clark pretty much invented localism as a political idea, and now he’s the minister implementing it as a policy. But he’s adamant that he is genuinely pro-development and not the nimby champion we all fear

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Rick Willmott: ‘Get ready for the recession’

2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

Rick Willmott, head of Willmott Dixon, says the downturn has yet to really hurt the large contractors. And those that persist in bidding below cost are taking the biggest gamble

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John Drew: The new power house

2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

For years, John Drew has been best known as the architect who advised on the masterplan for Battersea Power Station. Now he’s joined forces with Jack Pringle and has a possible £300m worth of schemes on the horizon. Emily Wright finds him in bullish mood

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Best of British: Nigel Webb of British Land

2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

In construction’s current competitive climate, talk of new activity and large-scale development is what everyone is listening out for. British Land’s head of development, Nigel Webb, certainly has something to say.

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Madani Sow: Why it’s great to be in Britain

2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

Innovation in business practice and access to wider markets make Britain a good place for a French contractor to be, says the boss of Bouygues UK. And then there is the opportunity for more acquisitions