Ray o'rourke: mayo-born 'pony boy' building a global construction empire

Ray o'rourke: mayo-born 'pony boy' building a global construction empire Laing O’Rourke chief executive Ray O’Rourke. Picture: Jonathan Goldberg Ray O'Rourke began his career in engineering and construction in 1966, when he worked as a 'pony boy', pulling carts in and out of a tunnel for the construction of London's Victoria tube line. Today, the multibillion pound company that he and his brother Des founded and built up from their first £2,300 contract, Laing O'Rourke, is constructing a new tunnel for the Northern Line tube extension. These days it's using giant bor...