All 5 Minutes with... articles – Page 7
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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
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Features5 minutes with … Lanre Gbolade at Gbolade Design Studio and L&Q
The co-founder of Gbolade Design Studio enjoys working collaboratively and is always ready for a new challenge. He is also pretty nifty on a pair of ice skates
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Features5 minutes with … Trina Chakravarti at Building Better
The Building Better project director on the importance of innovative and collaborative working, growing up in Calcutta and her admiration for Dame Zaha Hadid
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Features5 minutes with … Pedro Gil at Studio Gil
The founder and director Studio Gil is particularly proud of the work he has done for the Latin American community in London. He is also slightly obsessed with mince pies