John Pullin was editor of Construction News from 1991 to 1995. He had previously edited The Engineer and after CN took charge of Professional Engineering and Automotive Engineer. He is currently freelancing and researching for a PhD Old men forget, and probably that's a good thing. I edited Construction News during what was seen as the industry's worst recession since the 1930s. Big names shrank and closed as margins went from wafer-thin to paper-thin to non-existent, and a government that had run out of ideas ran out or money, too. I was brought in as an outsider from The Engineer, which I'd edited for seven years. I took over from the legendary John D Allen, or JDA, who had assembled a hugely impressive news-gathering operation at CN. It was a time of transition in the wider industry as well, with an old guard of construction chiefs retiring. They were well-connected, many were knighted, and they were being replaced by men who were younger, more entrepreneurial, and often technically qualified. They were almost all men, of course.
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