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  Bill Hocking: Dealer's choice

  2018-01-19T12:22:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

  Bill Hocking, boss of Galliford Try’s construction arm, might have felt he’d been dealt a bad hand when he took over the job two years ago, but now that he holds all the cards, he’s moved to reduce the risk the firm takes on

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  Video: Building Live 2017 highlights

  2017-12-21T07:00:00+00:00

  Some highlights from this year’s event

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  Peter Rogers: The long view

  2017-12-08T07:00:00+00:00By Chloë McCulloch

  Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer, speaks on his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently

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  Video: keynote interview with Peter Rogers

  2017-12-08T07:00:00+00:00

  Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer behind high-profile London towers such as 22 Bishopsgate, tells Chloë McCulloch about his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently.

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  Rocky road: Cemex's Michel André talks to Building

  2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

  Cemex’s new UK boss, Frenchman Michel André, talks about his vision for the company and for the construction industry as a whole

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  Lara Poloni: Steady as she goes

  2017-10-20T00:29:00+01:00By Louise Dransfield

  As the new boss of Aecom’s EMIA operations, Lara Poloni intends to steer a course through uncertain waters by focusing on the firm’s development role and infrastructure opportunities

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  North and South: George Osborne talks to Building

  2017-09-15T05:00:00+01:00By Mark Leftly

  George Osborne talks to Building, reflecting on the ‘northern powerhouse’, infrastructure, Brexit and his hope that the current government will finish the job he started

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  Spencer McCarthy: All in the family

  2017-07-20T06:00:00+01:00By David Blackman

  Churchill boss Spencer McCarthy explains why his business model works and why the firm – one of the UK’s biggest providers of private housing for the elderly – will be sticking with traditional designs for its homes

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  Carolyn Dwyer: Square deal

  2017-07-14T06:00:00+01:00By David Blackman

  The City of London Corporation’s head of the built environment has plenty to take into account, from protecting views of St Paul’s to fostering tech hubs. David Blackman talks to Carolyn Dwyer about her plans for the Square Mile

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  Meeting Mr X

  2017-04-21T06:00:00+01:00By Louise Dransfield

  Far from being a mysterious and distant figure, Xu Weiping of Chinese developer ABP is happy to talk about the thousands of office blocks he is building in China, as well as the 35-acre scheme at Royal Albert Dock - and his plans for many more

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  Bruno Dupety: Action man

  2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

  In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci’s UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business

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  Paul Cossell: Above and beyond

  2017-01-13T06:00:00+00:00

  Paul Cossell took charge of ISG last year as the fit-out, construction and engineering firm transferred into private hands, a move which has enabled him to explore areas outside the core business

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  Neil Martin: Steady as he goes

  2016-12-08T06:00:00+00:00

  Since Neil Martin took over at the helm of Lendlease’s European construction operations he has returned the firm to profit and steadied the ship. So the question everyone wants to know is how he did it

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  Ben Derbyshire: ‘Change is necessary’

  2016-09-09T06:00:00+01:00By Elizabeth Hopkirk

  RIBA president-elect Ben Derbyshire is sure of one thing: the 182-year-old institute can’t go on the way it has done. So he’s embarking on a UK tour to try to stir up non-engaged members and convince them that turning the RIBA on its head is the best plan for its ...

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  Interview: NG Bailey's David Hurcomb

  2016-08-25T06:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

  David Hurcomb talks to Building on why he’s not fazed by the last-minute delay to go ahead with Hinkley, how the UK needs to get on with Heathrow expansion and the virtues of working for a privately owned company

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  Interview: Richard Saxon

  2016-08-04T06:00:00+01:00By Francis Ho

  Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to Building legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading

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  Interview: Tony Giddings

  2016-07-15T06:00:00+01:00By Louise Dransfield

  Few people have done more to change the face of the UK’s cities than Tony Giddings, who stood down as partner at Argent at the end of last year

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  Heseltine: ‘I haven’t yet been told to shut up’

  2016-05-05T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

  While most 83-year-olds settle for a quiet life and daytime TV, Lord Heseltine’s time is taken up spearheading the government’s regeneration agenda

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  Andy Steele: ‘Was that me?’

  2016-03-29T15:29:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

  It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a £240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?

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  Simon Eyers: Beating the odds

  2016-03-14T15:09:00+00:00By Yoosof Farah

  National Apprenticeship Week: Being born deaf and mute hasn’t stopped Simon Eyers landing a job as an electrician at contractor FM Conway

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  Interview: Peter Hansford

  2016-01-22T00:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

  Until two months ago Peter Hansford was the government’s chief construction advisor. Now the position has been abolished. Here, he talks frankly about the state of the industry and how his legacy will be perceived

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