All 5 Minutes with... articles – Page 5
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Features5 minutes with … Sarah Virgo at Wood for Good
The campaign manager at the timber industry’s wood promotion body is passionate about decarbonising the built environment.
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Features5 minutes with … Nick Moss at Nick Moss Architects
The practice founder may work in Manchester but he’s a Leeds United fan. He has worked on a string of notable projects in the North-west
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Features5 minutes with … David Hartley at MTX
The Cheshire-based firm’s managing director believes in innovating and challenging convention. When not at work he could well be out on his road bike
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Features5 minutes with … Ruby Lowe at Hydrock
The nuclear specialist is tackling climate change and keen to attract people to the sector. A semi-professional footballer, she loves home-made gifts
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Features5 minutes with … Kieran Sexton at AS Homes Scotland
The commercial director at the Glasgow-based housebuilder is a punctual team player, a Celtic fan and cooks a fine curry (allegedly)
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Features5 minutes with … Anna Evans at Lendlease
The Lendlease project director reveals her favourite project, the trait that gets under her skin and a love for cake
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Features5 minutes with … Rebecca Rickwood at Gement
The figure-skating founder and chief executive of Gement believes in change in the construction industry and is working to make it happen
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Features5 minutes with … Lorna Taverner at Collida
The architect at the Willmott Dixon firm enjoys working on projects that help to improve people’s lives
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Features5 minutes with … Annie Marston at Hydrock
The associate in the building performance engineering team focuses on making buildings smarter, more energy efficient and comfortable to occupy
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Features5 minutes with … Lindsay Johnston at BDP Pattern
I have always been very interested in creativity, art and making things. Architecture seemed like a good way to combine these. Making a building is the ultimate Lego set!
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Features5 minutes with … Andy Jones at Mace
The head of major projects has been visiting building sites since he was four years old. He is a keen cyclist and plays two instruments
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Features5 minutes with … MJ O’Shaughnessy at Will Rudd
The firm’s craic-loving, drum-playing managing director is no fan of excessive bureaucracy but loves working with passionate and creative people
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Features5 minutes with … Anil Singh Rana at Constructing Professional Development
The project manager and mentor is based in Mauritius. He has built a business based on his belief in positive collaboration
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Features5 minutes with … Vanessa Murray at Stanhope
The asset manager at Stanhope founded Mentoring Circle, an initiative targeted at young women in the early stages of their career
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Features5 minutes with … Derek Quinn at Red Construction
The firm’s managing director in the South-west on the importance of teamwork and good communication
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Features5 minutes with … Holly Lewis at We Made That
The founder of the London-based architectural practice on growing a business, the need to ask questions and fluffy pancakes on a Saturday morning
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Features5 minutes with … Ainhoa Erausquin at RLB
The sustainability consultant trained as an architect before moving to the UK from Spain wants to see a fundamental shift in how we design and build
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Features5 minutes with … Louise Townsend at Morgan Sindall Construction
Morgan Sindall’s tenacious director of social value and sustainability enjoys converting sceptics and doesn’t hang around in the bath.
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Features5 minutes with … James Richards at Edmond Shipway
Director of Edmond Shipway’s Nottingham office is a big fan of self-made entrepreneurs – and Derby County
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Features5 minutes with … Laurie Chetwood at Chetwoods
The firm’s founder and chairman is happiest breaking new ground with innovative and thought-provoking schemes, driving his vintage Aston Martin and eating fish and chips