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Features'London doesn't have to beat Beijing, nor should it try. you have to be pragmatic and get 80% there': Countdown to 2012, David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
David Higgins has to deliver the 2012 Olympics with a fraction of the money that China had to spend. Oh, and he has to regenerate a swath of east London at the same time. To kick off our countdown to the Games, Sarah Richardson asked him how he鈥檚 planning to ...
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FeaturesThe fixer: James Bulley, the Olympics鈥� troubleshooter
Ah, the London Olympics. Twenty-three venues, 15,000 athletes, 9 million visitors. What could possibly go wrong? It鈥檚 James Bulley鈥檚 job to plan for anything that does. So why is he looking so damned cool?
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FeaturesThe second coming 鈥� the Strategic Forum for Construction鈥檚 Nick Raynsford
As the Strategic Forum鈥檚 new chairman, Nick Raynsford is bent on getting the industry to comply with its targets, recently launched by his predecessor Mike Davies. But is the response likely to be any better than it was to Egan? Kate Wheal met them both to find out
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Features鈥楲ife is just one long series of crises and disappointments鈥�: Nick Clegg interview
But that doesn鈥檛 mean you don鈥檛 have to try to make it better. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg thinks decentralised government, lower taxes and an end to 鈥榤essing around鈥� with construction might help.Portraits by Julian Anderson
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FeaturesSweett smell of success: Cyril Sweett interview
Dean Webster and Francis Ives were the men who took Cyril Sweett public. Now they have their first set of results, and they make happy reading. Portrait by Wilde Fry
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FeaturesMeet the boss of Bouygues UK 鈥� Madani Sow
As the new boss of Bouygues UK, Madani Sow is in charge of feeding the company鈥檚 voracious appetite for acquisitions. But, as he tells Tom Bill, it demands an awful lot from those it buys
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FeaturesThe line of duty 鈥� Tim Laurence, Defence Estates
Tim Laurence has commanded warships, sailed the world and held top positions in the government. But taking the helm at Defence Estates is perhaps his greatest challenge.