construction in comment and analysis
Graham Young
CIO Profile Young started out on civil and structural design engineering projects on river and sea works; commercial and industrial construction; petrochemical engineering; oil and gas engineering and offshore engineering before joining Atkins Oil and Gas... [11 Jun 2008]
Lesley Hume
CIO Profile Hume moved to the UK from Zimbabwe in 1991 and joined engineering and construction company Brown & Root in various IT project management roles before working for parent company Halliburton. As group IS director of Atkins Lesley Hume has made a name... [11 Jun 2008]
Claire Hamon
CIO Profile Claire Hamon joined the construction and building maintenance company Rok Group in August 2007, with responsibility for developing an information systems strategy to support the business and rapid, acquisition-driven business growth. [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment Whether at work or play Claire Hamon, CIO of construction company Rok Group, isn't one to shy away from or shirk a challenge. Construction isn't an industry noted for its heavy reliance on technology but she says her priority is to develop an IT... [13 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tear up that boarding pass...
Comment So isn't it funny that on Saturday morning as I kicked my heels among the construction work at Gatwick's South Terminal, one of the most dramatically crowded departure areas I've ever seen, I was asked for my boarding card about four or five times... [08 Oct 2007]
Lesley Hume
CIO Profile Hume moved to the UK from Zimbabwe in 1991 and joined engineering and construction company Brown & Root in various IT project management roles before working for parent company Haliburton. Zimbabwe-born Lesley Hume has been group IS director at... [06 Jun 2007]
Richard Rundle
CIO Profile BAA was bought by Spanish construction business Ferrovial for £10.3bn last year and IT director Richard Rundle's challenges under the new owners are to help simplify the business, deliver higher levels of service and security to passengers... [06 Jun 2007]
Andy Hooper
CIO Profile Execution and delivery against challenging deadlines has been a feature of Andy Hooper's career, most notably in his last role on BAA's Terminal 5 construction project at Heathrow Airport where missing milestone target dates for the deployment of... [06 Jun 2007]
India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday
Comment There's a lot of construction going on - although in many cases it's hard to see whether the buildings are being put up or pulled down. The cab driver leans hard on the horn as we race past a motorbike upon which mum, dad and two small children are... [04 Mar 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Qubits Rule?
Comment At a personal level I was involved with the design and construction of photonic detectors, while an adjacent team worked on quantum encryption. Written at Dallas Fort Worth Airport while stranded in the lounge by high winds and a dust storm that... [01 Mar 2007]
The telecoms operator of the future
Comment The end game is more than the construction of a converged network that can deliver voice and data: it's a new service provider that can deliver business and personal communications at home, at work, on the way to work, travelling abroad. [02 Jan 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Who's been eating my wi-fi?
Comment Problems related to lighting and the actual construction of the building are more intractable. Want to know why wi-fi coverage sometimes isn't all it's cracked up to be? It may have something to do with large plants in the vicinity, or even fruit... [13 Nov 2006]
2008 Olympics - the IT ground work in China
Comment The amount of infrastructure and construction is quite amazing. But while construction companies are busy at work, the IT projects are still in the early stages of planning and testing. But few people think how the event itself came to be. [31 Jul 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 10
Comment The construction industry works the same way I hear, with builders working shifts 24x7. In May 2006, silicon.com senior reporter Dan Ilett travelled to China, seeking to get behind some of today's most interesting tech and business stories. [19 Jun 2006]
Leader: IT at the heart of T5
Leader The construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport is a massive project that will mean some big improvements for passengers starting in 2008. In any construction project these days, IT integration has become a major part of the process. [20 Feb 2006]
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