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FeaturesIan Tyler: Life moves on
It鈥檚 not that Balfour Beatty is taking the recession in its stride exactly, but when the contractor ranked No 1 in the 好色先生TV Top 150 greets deep government cuts with equanimity, you know it must be doing something right. Emily Wright asks chief executive Ian Tyler what it is
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FeaturesGraham Shennan on Morgan Sindall's merger
It鈥檚 been a month since Morgan Sindall鈥檚 building and civils arms became one, and MD Graham Shennan is still explaining that it鈥檚 all part of a planned bid for market share. Is Joey Gardiner persuaded?
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FeaturesElectrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA鈥檚 first woman president.What鈥檚 she got planned for her year at the helm?
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FeaturesWaitrose鈥檚 Nigel Keen: 鈥楾he next 10 years will be fun鈥�
Few people expected Waitrose to do well out of the recession. But profit is up 25%, it鈥檚 building 10 supermarkets a year, and now has plans to take on the convenience store market. No wonder property boss Nigel Keen is feeling so chipper
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FeaturesAndrew Chisholm: Career break and back
One year ago, Andrew Chisholm shut the surveying firm he had spent 15 years building up, then took a seven-month break. But now he鈥檚 back with a new company 鈥� and a lot of his old staff
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FeaturesI'm lovin' it: Henry Trickey of McDonald
Companies eager to expand in these famished times won鈥檛 be able to resist McDonald鈥檚鈥� supersize diet of drive-thru restaurants and store makeovers. Emily Wright chews the fat with Henry Trickey, the man who鈥檚 serving them up
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FeaturesSteven Holl: After Mackintosh
For most people in the UK, Steven Holl is the best architect they鈥檝e never heard of. Now he鈥檚 tackling the world-famous Glasgow School of Art, that鈥檚 about to change
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FeaturesKeith Whitmore: 鈥業 do not suffer fools gladly鈥�
Working for Westfield鈥檚 head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you鈥檝e got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he鈥檚 really very approachable
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FeaturesBDP's Peter Drummond: The revolutionary in carpet slippers
BDP, Britain鈥檚 biggest architect, is better known for quiet competence than daring. But this is the firm that defied Tesco, beat the downturn, expanded into India and Libya and doesn鈥檛 give a fig for profit. Chief executive Peter Drummond tells Roxane McMeeken all about it
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FeaturesRunning Countryside: Another bite of the Cherry
Two days after Countryside chairman Alan Cherry died, his sons were back at work. Graham, the housebuilder鈥檚 chief executive, talks to Joey Gardiner about the values his father instilled in him 鈥� and whether the company will be able to hang on to its vision in less certain times
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FeaturesPeter Morrison: RMJM鈥檚 business model
Peter Morrison, chief executive of Scotland鈥檚 best known architect, explains his hiring policies (which include Sir Fred Goodwin), and how RMJM turned itself into an international success story
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FeaturesGene Kohn: Sorting out the mess at Kohn Pedersen Fox UK
When the London office of Kohn Pedersen Fox was split in two by the departure of Lee Polisano in September, founding partner Gene Kohn did what any self-respecting 79 year old would 鈥� he moved from New York to London to sort the whole mess out himself. He tells Emily ...
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FeaturesFast build nation: Richard Ogden on offsite construction
Richard Ogden, the man who built a McDonald鈥檚 in two days, thinks the speed, efficiency and sustainability of offsite manufacture, and investment from major contractors such as Laing O鈥橰ourke, will at last win over a sceptical industry
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FeaturesAlsop鈥檚 new look: Chris Littlemore interview
Chris Littlemore, the boss of Archial, is planning to exploit the architectural group鈥檚 most famous brand for its relaunched international business
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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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FeaturesMe and my baby: Steve Morgan is back at Redrow
You can鈥檛 imagine much intimidates Steve Morgan. In his time, the 57-year-old former site engineer has battled the prime minister of Thailand for control of Liverpool football club, founded Redrow at the age of 21 with a 拢5,000 loan from his father and was on the wrong end of a ...
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FeaturesGame of two halves: Galliford Try鈥檚 Greg Fitzgerald defends the hybrid model
Galliford Try鈥檚 construction arm has been keeping the company afloat while its housebuilding side has struggled. Now, as construction wobbles, Emily Wright asks chief executive Greg Fitzgerald if the hybrid model can survive
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FeaturesGrant Shapps: A young man in a hurry
Come the summer, Grant Shapps is probably going to be in charge of housing policy. And he鈥檚 got an awful lot of policy to get through, from a root-and-branch rethink of planning to a radical overhaul of the HCA. Joey Gardiner asked the questions, Tim Foster took the photos
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FeaturesFrench connection UK: Vinci's John Stanion talks strategy
The British arm of the world鈥檚 largest contractor has a reputation for lightning reactions, a grip of steel and pretty soon, global reach 鈥� just don鈥檛 call it aggressive. Emily Wright met its head
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FeaturesDefence Estates鈥� 拢20bn budget: Task Force Rampling
What do you mean, 鈥榳ho is Diane Rampling?鈥� Didn鈥檛 your mothers teach you nothing? She鈥檚 only in charge of Defence Estates鈥� new procurement strategy, and she鈥檚 only got 拢20bn worth of bleedin鈥� work to dish out. Now then you miserable creatures, on the double, Major Emily Wright has a briefing