All articles by Emily Wright – Page 3
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CommentFive minutes with ... Andrew Altman
Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive tells Building what the rest of the world is making of London 2012’s post-games preparations
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CommentFive minutes with ... Tim Mote at Mipim
Aecom’s regional director gives Building the lowdown on Europe’s safe havens in the Qatar Pavilion
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CommentFive minutes with ... Abdulla Faisal Al Doseri at Mipim
Bahrain Bay Development deputy CEO tells Building why the kingdom is the place to be
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CommentFive minutes with ... Liz Peace at Mipim
Building buttonholes British Property Federation CEO
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FeaturesE.ON's Michael Woodhead: Power trip
E.ON UK’s sustainable energy division is quickly becoming a very influential player in the country’s power market. Ahead of its starring role at Ecobuild next month, managing director Michael Woodhead tells Building why that’s particularly good news for construction
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FeaturesOpportunities in Qatar
A US giant may have scooped the lead role on Qatar’s World Cup, but UK firms are well placed to target the $100bn that the richest country in the world is investing in construction before 2015. Building took a flight out east
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FeaturesDigging Doha: Msheireb's Issa M Al Mohannadi
Qatari client Msheireb Properties wants its £3.5bn Downtown Doha scheme to be the prototype for future cities around the world. Building talks to its chief executive about why this masterplan is so radical and why he wants UK expertise to help make it happen
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FeaturesClass of London 2012: Apprentices on the Olympic park
The Olympic Delivery Authority bucked the trend of cutting investment in training and took on 457 apprentices on the Olympic park rather than the 100 planned. Emily Wright finds out how this has paid off
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FeaturesAre you a Building 2012 Hero?
Calling all those who worked on the Olympics - Building is on the hunt for five people whose outstanding contribution helped make the Games a success
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NewsUK construction firms ‘have the edge’ in Qatar
Director of £3.5bn Doha scheme says British will continue to snap up work over next five years
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FeaturesIngrid Skinner: First we take West Hampstead
Ingrid Skinner has big plans to turn Taylor Wimpey’s fledgling London division into a £100m-turnover business - and all without leaving Zone 2. She talks to Building. Photography by Anthony Lycett
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: Jobs on the line
HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. Building assesses the opportunities ahead
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FeaturesLOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy
As LOCOG’s head of venues and infrastructure, James Bulley has just six months to install 200,000 temporary seats, put up 76 miles of fencing, finish the hockey stadium, weed the rowing lake … and take the rap if anything goes wrong. So why is he so calm? Building finds out. ...
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NewsNo marketing rule ‘just needs imagination’, says ODA chairman
Sir John Armitt says contractors can work around Olympic no marketing protocols
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NewsExclusive: 13 firms to share £320m HS2 work
Full details released of 13 consultants that will share £320m worth of work on first phase of new high speed rail line
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NewsRamboll to fast track growth through global expansion
UK managing director says global expansion and acquisitions will help firm hit £75m turnover
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FeaturesCharles McBeath on Ramboll growth: Why stop now?
For Charles McBeath, head of Ramboll UK, the secret to growth is acquisition and last year he doubled the size of his company by acquiring engineering firm Gifford, boosting turnover from £35m to £58m. But that, he tells Building, was just for starters
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FeaturesThe London 1948 Olympics: Running on empty
If the preparations for London 2012 have sometimes felt like an uphill struggle, at least we haven’t had to ask the world to bring its own food. Launching our Building Memories series from the magazine archive, Building looks back to the Austerity Olympics of 1948 - the last time the ...
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NewsBalfour Beatty targets spike in overseas mining work
Chief operating officer predicts ‘huge growth’ in sector in Australia and plans to increase staff
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FeaturesAndrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a £15bn order book and profit north of £300m, Balfour Beatty’s Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells Building, there’s work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where ...