Sir Robert McAlpine

McAlpine CEO: ‘I must transform the business without changing it’

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Sir Robert McAlpine’s chief executive Paul Hamer speaks exclusively to CN on working with the notoriously secretive family firm and drawing up plans for the next 150 years.

Paul Hamer chief executive Sir Robert McAlpine 9609 1 6 June 2017. Sir Robert McAlpine announces its new CEO. It is the second time in its…

Overhead demolition: McAlpine rebuilds above 150,000 commuters

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Sir Robert McAlpine has been busy demolishing 100 Liverpool Street for British Land. The issue? It’s right above the heads of thousands of City workers. 

Project: 100 Liverpool StreetClient: British LandContract value: £247mRegion: LondonMain contractor: Sir Robert McAlpineDemolition subcontractor: KeltbraySteelwork subcontractor: William HareStart date: January 2017Completion date: January 2020 If you are one…

British Land splits risk with McAlpine on Broadgate’s next chapter

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Sir Robert McAlpine is British Land’s sole contractor on the £1bn upgrade of London’s Broadgate Campus. So just what is SRM doing to instil so much faith in its client?

In 1985, Margaret Thatcher sat in the driving seat of a crane, tweed jacket on and pearls around her neck, posing…