More Interviews – Page 19
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FeaturesTim Byles: 'We're firing on all cylinders'
There’s no doubt the pace has picked up since Tim Byles took over the running of the Building Schools for the Future programme. But with all the uncertainties of the economy and next year’s election, will he be able to keep up the momentum?
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FeaturesSo long, Sunand: the outgoing RIBA president reflects
Regrets? He’s had a few. But then again, too few to mention – unless pushed. Sunand Prasad, the outgoing president of the RIBA gives Dan Stewart a list of his achievements while in office, and fighting Prince Charles was only one of them
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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months
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FeaturesLife after Skanska: David Fison on downsizing
After being on the ropes at one of the world’s biggest contractors, David Fison moved to a small family firm. Here he tells Roxane McMeeken what happened, and how it changed his life
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FeaturesTurner & Townsend's unseasonal success: Vince Clancy interview
There aren’t many companies that are hiring senior staff, opening offices and preparing themselves for the stock market. But then there aren’t many chief executives like Turner & Townsend’s all-conquering Vince Clancy
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FeaturesInternational salary guide 2009: Where in the world is the best pay?
As the recession turns sought-after consultants into international jobseekers, where can you go for some relief? Roxane McMeeken met one victim of the cuts, and Hays Construction tallied average pay packets from across the globe
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FeaturesDanger Man: the HSE's Philip White
Philip White has taken over the Health and Safety Executive’s construction division just when companies are under most pressure to cut budgets. So what’s his plan of attack?
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FeaturesThe bridge builder: Arup's new chairman Philip Dilley
Philip Dilley, the new chairman of Arup, has to span the hole that the recession has left in the firm’s order book – while maintaining its singular approach and outlook
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FeaturesOur man in Riyadh: Buro Happold’s boss moves to Saudi
With a stream of UK companies looking for work in Saudi Arabia, Buro Happold decided it had do something to maintain its position as top dog. So it sent its chairman, Rod Macdonald, to go and live there. Emily Wright spoke to him two weeks after he arrived
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FeaturesReed out loud: the RIBA's first woman president
Ruth Reed wants to change people’s views of the RIBA – and becoming the institute’s first woman president isn’t a bad place to start. She talks to Dan Stewart about her priorities for her two-year stint, the recession and how she hopes to make the RIBA less London-centric
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FeaturesStone Alone: Crest Nicholson's boss on surviving a crisis
Crest Nicholson was knocked sideways by the disintegration of the housing market and the failure of the global banking system, and for 10 months chief executive Stephen Stone shouldered the weight of a collapsing company. Tom Bill found out what it took to keep smiling
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FeaturesAuschwitz: telling the SS I was a builder saved my life
Sixty-five years after he entered Auschwitz, Albert Veissid tells Ben King the extraordinary tale of how his fictitious construction skills helped him survive
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FeaturesBudget hotels: Premier Inn's purple reign
Alex Flach, the man in charge of building the Premier Inn budget hotels, says he wants to build, build, build – which should give some of you looking for work a good night’s sleep. Especially if you like purple
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FeaturesHe's back: Lord Falconer returns to the Thames Gateway
Lord Falconer has unfinished business at the Thames Gateway – but given the recession, axed transport projects and scant progress since he worked on the scheme six years ago, can even this ‘heavy hitter’ get things rolling?
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FeaturesGareth Darbyshire: the £20m 20-year-old
While most students rough it, Gareth Darbyshire prefers to swank it up at Claridge’s. But then, between lectures, he does run his own £20m-turnover contracting company. Not bad for someone who just turned 20
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FeaturesThe guts of the UAE: developer Gurjit Singh on Abu Dhabi
As Abu Dhabi prepares for next week’s Cityscape conference, top developer Gurjit Singh tells David Rogers why the emirate’s grand plans are still going swimmingly when so many in the world are dead in the water
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FeaturesThe optimist: ACE's Nelson Ogunshakin
The worldwide downturn spells disaster for many British engineers. So why is ACE boss Nelson Ogunshakin still smiling?
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FeaturesPeter Mandelson: survival specialist
Few politicians know more about making it through tough times than Peter Mandelson. Now it’s his job to help Britain’s businesses do the same
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FeaturesWe have to vs We can't: the Heathrow third runway debate
‘That runway will be built over my dead body. And i mean that literally’
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FeaturesBoris’ brain: Sir Simon Milton interview
As the London mayor’s chief of staff and planning guru, Sir Simon Milton has a lot on his plate: skirmishes over Crossrail, affordable homes targets, improving design quality, the recession … Still, at least his boss is a laugh