Construction industry gossip: Happy days

By Hansom2019-07-08T05:00:00

Summer sizzles to the sound of ribs on the grill, willow on leather and the zip of the Serpentine pavilion being cordoned off

What a performance

Mace’s deputy-chief operating officer Mark Castle shared a little of the pressure senior executives can feel when they take on an industry-wide role on top of the day job. He’s stepping down as chair of Build UK after two years and at the group’s summer bash last week, he flagged the publication of payment performance tables as one of the achievements of his tenure. “It has not made comfortable reading around many boardrooms over the last six months,” he admitted. Perhaps he can take inspiration from an unlikely source – fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. “The only possible effect one can have on the world,” she once said, “is through unpopular ideas.”

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