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
Ceri Lee
Alan Macaulay
weeks. We turned up on Monday morning and
Ceri Lee: A tape measure, because I can’t think of anything in building or construction that you can do without one, aside from plastering. 2 What’s your go- to radio station or what’s a favourite on-site song that gets everyone singing? AM: I’m not really site-based anymore but every time I jump into the truck, it’s Absolute Radio – and I’m afraid that it’s the eighties. I’m absolutely showing my age here. My y Ceri Lee, Director of Cross Group Building Works in South Wales Alan Macaulay, Director of James Alan Construction LTD, based in Forfar, Angus, Scotland 1 What can’t you do without in your toolbox? Alan Macaulay: A laser measure. We do a lot of kitchens so for site measures, the laser measure is a must.
his dog was still there because
he couldn’t take it to the
hotel with him. He left us a list of feeding and walking times. So for two weeks, we became dog sitters. It was a lovely dog. 4 What’s your dream project? AM: We’re doing lots of kitchens so a dream right now would be to do an ultra-high- end kitchen for a celebrity – maybe someone like Lewis Hamilton as I like Formula One – and do it abroad in Monaco or Dubai. I’m sure my guys would really love that. CL: To design and build my own property. I know exactly what it’s going to look like because I have spent years thinking about
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and it’s ‘Alive and kicking’. CL: I’m not a massive music fan. I get on everyone’s nerves at work because I turn the radio off all the time. I’m more of a silent worker and I don’t listen to music in the car either. If I’m going to answer for the boys, though, they love the Spice Girls and S Club 7 – and I can mention their names as well if needed. 3 What’s the strangest request you’ve ever received from a client? AM: We did a big project for an American couple and while they were still in the US they called, receive We an Am while stil th and fan. ic rves
it. I sometimes say to the boys, ‘I feel like a classic car restorer without a classic car to restore.’ I’d love to do my own project and put my spin on things. clas love and
5 If you weren’t a builder/ in construction, what would you do? If yo b
asking us to put their bed together. Trouble was it was an orthopedic bed and parts of it were all over the house because of where the movers had left it. We pieced it together and haven’t heard anything about it so we must have done it right. CL: There was one particular gentleman – we were doing his extension so he decided to move out for a couple of
AM: I’m big into fitness and CrossFit and I have a long history of competing in judo at a high level. So I would either run a judo school for kids or my own CrossFit gym. CL: Being in construction, I am now good at being a child psychologist, marriage counsellor, support worker and barrister. So maybe a barrister.
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