Master Builder Magazine: October-November 2024

YOUR FMB FINISHING TOUCH

We ask FMB members five quick-fire questions to gain a glimpse into the diverse world of Master Builders FIVE IN FIVE W quic a glimps world of Ma

Liam Adamson

Christian Lewis

Liam Adamson, Bricklayer at Haldane Construction in Scotland for more than a decade Christian Lewis, Electrician at CLE Contractors, who works closely with Central member SY Homes 1 What can’t you do without in your toolbox? LA: My ox trowel. CL: Traditional tape measure. ca hout in yo ox?

LA: My dream project would be abroad. I love laying brick/ block in any form but battling the weather here can be frustrating at times. 5 If you weren’t a builder/ in construction, what would you do? ction, uld

LA: I’d love to be more involved in politics and

the councils in my surrounding area. Over the years ars

some of the team even had the stones they dug out of the foundations named after them. Fred was one of her favourite stones so she asked me to build Fred into the feature wall. 4 What’s your dream project? CL: Any project like Old Coleham Court, where I am currently working for SY Homes in Shrewsbury. It is an exciting project with a well- run site. Those apartments are going to be amazing when they are finished.

I’ve become more and more interested in all aspects of life in my area. CL: A crypto trader. Then I’d buy the biggest and ll

2 What’s your go-to radio station? / What’s a favourite on-site song that gets everyone singing? LA: Smooth Radio if the

weather allows it. Rick Astley usually gets everyone singing.

CL: ‘She’s Electric’ by Oasis. We are electricians after all. 3 What’s the strangest request you’ve ever received from a client? LA: We did an extension for a client in Edinburgh. I built a lattice-style ‘Fred’ feature wall for her. She had a special request that we use a number of stones that had sentimental value to her as she had collected them from various places she had visited with her family. She had named most of the stones –

penthouse in Old Coleham Court.

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