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FeaturesRelax 鈥� it could be so much worse
Nick Leeson learned a lot about stress when he lost 拢862m, went on the run and ended up a Singapore jail. Now he鈥檚 sharing his coping strategies in a new book and executive workshops. Nick Jones introduced him to the famously relaxed Stef Stefanou, and felt his own blood pressure ...
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Alun Michael
Once upon a time, the government saw construction as a vital lever for regulating the economy, and gave it an entire minister. These says it gets an average of seven minutes of Alun Michael鈥檚 day. So what can he accomplish in that time?
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FeaturesI鈥檒l be seeing you 鈥�
Stephen Williams has just been appointed head of construction at the Health and Safety Executive. As 好色先生TV discovered, he is a man with an intense interest in the industry 鈥� and plans personally to visit as many sites as possible.
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FeaturesDo you trust this man?
Ian Livsey, head of the new TrustMark accreditation scheme, wants to banish cowboy builders from the market. But how will he get the industry on side?
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FeaturesJasper conran: The new Wayne hemingway?
Fashion guru Jasper Conran is already known for interior design, but with links to the Open House scheme and some heavy hints being dropped, it seems he may be moving into architecture. So do we have another fashion designer architect on our hands?
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FeaturesMr precedent
Barrington Billings, the first black person to hold the presidency of the Chartered Institute of Housing, spent years championing the cause of black and ethnic minorities. Now he鈥檚 giving firms run by them the chance to win public sector work.
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FeaturesShe鈥檚 back
Jennie Price, the famously combative former boss of the Construction Confederation, has been absent from the industry for some years. Now she鈥檚 returned, accompanied by 鈥� a row
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FeaturesThe man who kidnapped Gehry
Brighton developer Josh Arghiros is the kind of man who knows what he wants and sets out to get it. And if what he wants happens to be the world鈥檚 most famous architect, well 鈥� He tells George Hay what happened next.
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FeaturesThe green knight
Sir Neville Simms has made an epic personal journey from vilified motorway contractor to champion of sustainable procurement in the public sector. He tells 好色先生TV about his plans.
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FeaturesNot the David Prichard show
Architectural firm Metropolitan Workshop is not about star architects, even though it has been set up by one of the starriest. We found out why from David Prichard and Neil Deely.
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FeaturesSimon Vivian begins
Most of Simon Vivian鈥檚 six months in charge of Mowlem have been spent struggling with disastrous projects, boardroom bloodletting and a predecessor who didn鈥檛 leave. Now he鈥檚 finally ready to do it his way. Tom Broughton finds out what he has in mind.
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FeaturesHead first
Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour鈥檚 schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn鈥檛 really matter 鈥� and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.
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FeaturesDo you want to join my tribe?
Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector鈥檚 property problems. And he wants you to help him
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FeaturesNo regrets
Nobody knows better than Sir Martin Laing, former chairman of Laing, how a wafer-thin margin can turn into a catastrophic loss. He tells us about how a contract used to be a gentlemen鈥檚 agreement and why he wasn鈥檛 to blame for that 拢1 sale.
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FeaturesDoing good by stealth
The new chief executive of the Prince鈥檚 Foundation is a quiet American. But Hank Dittmar鈥檚 lack of showiness is well suited to a charity that is aiming to slowly and subtly transform urban England.
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FeaturesStars and gripes
When Emcor lambasted its failing UK subsidiary Drake & Scull, US-based boss Frank T MacInnis asked Tony Whale to turn the firm around. Whale has, but he isn鈥檛 out of the woods yet. We met the two to discuss their future.
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FeaturesKate鈥檚 expectations
When Kate Barker鈥檚 report into housing undersupply was published last year, it was greeted with intense public and industry interest 鈥� after which nothing much seemed to happen. We found out whether the author was disappointed with her reception
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FeaturesDaniel Libeskind
As rumours circulate of year-long delays and complete redesigns at Ground Zero, we talk to the man responsible about why his long, bitter struggle with rival architects, the New York press and the site owner (among others) is a sign that things are going pretty well 鈥�