Interviews

Construction’s relatively slow uptake of digital technology has been a chicken and egg problem, says Tooey Courtemanche, founder and chief executive of contech specialist Procore. Lem Bingley listens

The construction industry has long been pegged as one of the slowest adopters of digital technology. In a 2016 report on digitisation across…

Construction has been crying out for change for years, Seddon managing director Jonathan Seddon tells Construction News, as he tucks into his customary pilchard sandwich. Between bites and light jokes from his sister – the firm's director of business services, Nicola Hodkinson – he says, rather proudly, that he has…

Loraine Martins, director of diversity and inclusion at one of the industry’s biggest clients, has spent more than a decade turning round the rail body's reputation on inclusivity. As she prepares to leave Network Rail, she tells Ian Weinfass about the progress she’s made and why there’s still a lot…

For McLaren, the future of construction is tied to the effective use of data – and the business intends to gather as much information as it can, while retraining staff and recruiting external experts. Ian Weinfass gets an exclusive insight into its new digital strategy

“Data is the new oil,” declared…

Exclusive: The average tenure of a construction minister is notoriously short, but freshly appointed Lee Rowley has clear ambitions. He aims to speak up on behalf of an industry he also hopes to hear more from, he tells Ian Weinfass

Asked what his main priorities are, Lee Rowley answers without hesitation: “I…

Ferrovial Construction UK is like a “family organisation” according to managing director Karl Goose. It might seem hard to believe, given the company, formerly Ferrovial Agroman, is part of multi-national conglomerate Ferrovial, the Spanish behemoth that owns some of the world’s largest airports, including Heathrow, and employs more than 18,500…

Outgoing chief inspector of rail accidents Simon French reflects on his career, his role in establishing the official investigatory body, and the recent spate of deaths on the railways. He speaks to Ian Weinfass

Late 2018 marked the end of a welcome four-year period in which no track workers were…

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) needs to “shout loud” so the industry understands what it has achieved, according to its departing chief executive. In an interview with Construction News as she prepares to leave the organisation she has led since 2017, Sarah Beale says the recent result of the…

In an exclusive interview, Amey chief executive Amanda Fisher tells Lem Bingley about becoming a first-time CEO and attempting a major turnaround, under a for-sale sign, in the midst of a global pandemic

Circumstances were not kind to Amanda Fisher when she took on the mantle of chief executive at infrastructure…

150 years ago, in 1871, the first edition of Construction News was published. To help mark the anniversary, four past editors reflect on their own spell in charge of CN

Tom Fitzpatrick joined Construction News in 2011 and served as editor from 2017 to 2019. He has since returned to…