Contractor interviews
Interview: Gary Day, McCarthy & Stone
McCarthy & Stone works in the retirement home market but its land planning director is anything but retiring
A client's view: Argent
Argent’s Tony Giddings explains what the firm expects from contractors it works with and what schemes it has in the pipeline
A client's view: Great Portland Estates
Great Portland Estates’ head of projects on the firm’s pipeline and paying subcontractors on time
A client's view: British Land
British Land’s construction executive discusses the key considerations when selecting contractors, and how the firm operates
Harry Handelsman: The Pearly King
Manhattan Loft Corporation’s chief executive on transforming the East End and keeping overseas buyers at bay
A client's view: Land Securities
Building caught up with Land Secs’ head of project management on procurement, selecting contractors and upcoming work
Interview: Mike Green
The man in charge of capital works at the Education Funding Agency has his finger on the ‘go’ button
King's X marks the spot
Argent’s managing partner David Partridge on King’s Cross Central and the next £1bn of construction contracts
Jason Prior: The big picture man
Aecom’s head of buildings and places, Jason Prior, maps out where the company is headed
Andrew Gould: Pause for thought
In his sabbatical from Jones Lang LaSalle, Andrew Gould is busy being chair of the UKGBC – where he intends to ‘educate’ rather than ‘lobby’ the government on green issues
Stephen Gee: Turning the tables
John Rowan & Partners emerged from the nineties’ recession with just five staff. This time around, it has already returned to growth, with a 25-year plan to employ 750 people worldwide. We spoke to managing partner Stephen Gee
Neill Morrison: Second life
Two years ago, Davis Langdon partner Neill Morrison set up a cost consultancy firm for global giant Deloitte. He tells Adam Branson how the business is shaping up - and how getting former colleagues to join him differs from ‘poaching’ them
Sir Terry Leahy: The Other Side of the Checkout
Sir Terry Leahy was one of the industry’s toughest clients as boss of Tesco. Now he’s become an investor in green building technology - and he wants your business
Another jewel in the Crown: Alastair Smart
The Crown Estate is that rare thing: a public body steeped in history that is at the same time a highly efficient profit-making machine. Alastair Smart is its head of development
The other Mr M of AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ Google HQ win topped off a profitable year for the practice. Vern Pitt talks to MD Peter Morris about the secret to bagging the big clients
Chris Kane: The man from Auntie
The BBC’s property department has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past decade, to rival anything on the news side. Long-time boss Chris Kane talks about the major projects – and whether he still feels he is on a ‘hiding to nothing’ with the construction industry
Interview with Greg Barker
Energy minister Greg Barker talks to Building about why value for money is so important and his passion for the Green Deal
David Montague: Playing the numbers game
The head of London & Quadrant, the capital’s biggest affordable housing provider, on the changing role of housing associations
