The chief executive of steelwork manufacturer Severfield-Rowen has resigned following the company's announcement that huge cost overruns on London's 'Cheesegrater' skyscraper building project may lead to the company posting a 2012 loss.
Cost overruns on the 122 Leadenhall project – known as the Cheesegrater due to its distinctive shape – adversely affected UK performance, the firm said. Tom Haughey, chief executive Yorkshire-based Severfield-Rowen and who headed the company for a decade, has resigned with immediate effect. He has been replaced by chairman John Dodds, who will act…
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