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Richard Rooley FREng
Founder & Director of TeamBuild |
Richard founded the competition, originally called Build-a-building in 1990. He recognised that poor communication was the cause of numerous problems within the industry and so designed the competition to try and enhance those skills in young professionals. Richard has worked tirelessly on the organisation of the competition every year since.
Richard is a consulting engineer in London, in the fields of building services and project management. He also acts as an arbitrator, expert witness, and mediator in disputes. He has links to many institutions including acting as president of ASHRAE. |
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Alex MacLaren DipArch
Director of TeamBuild & Co Chair of Working Party |
Alex was the architect on the winning team in 2005. Since then she has been on the working party taking the role of Co Chair in November 2007. She looks after our website.
Alex is partner in a small architecture and project management firm, WyattMaclaren LLP, based in Hackney, London. She is founder of engineroom llp, a multi-disciplinary building design consultancy, and she teaches at Brighton University. |
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Ruth Bailey MEng
Director of TeamBuild & Co Chair of Working Party |
Ruth was on the 2005 winning team with Alex. She has been on the working party since then, becoming co Chair with Alex in November 2007. She is responsible for coordinating publicity.
Ruth works for Buro Happold as a structural and façades engineer. She also sits on the Young Members Panel of the Institution of Structural Engineers. |
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Richard Schofield FRICS
Director of TeamBuild & Member of Working Party |
Richard has been a judge for TeamBuild for four years but in 2007 he decided his talents would be better suited to the organisational role of the Working Party.
Richard is a project manager with his own company, Rider Hunt Management Services based in Leeds. Richard is also an eminent member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Association for Project Managers. |
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Alison Dannant CIBSE
Member of Working Party |
Alison was a member of the winning team in 2006. She has been on the working party ever since.
Alison works for Arup as a mechanical engineer based in their Birmingham office.
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Greg Collings MEng
Member of Working Party |
Greg was the leader of the winning team in 2007 and was asked to join the Working Party immediately after.
Greg works for Buro Happold as a senior water engineer in the Olympics Group. |
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Richard Hart
Events Coordinator |
Richard's involvement with Teambuild goes back to when employed as an events coordinator at the ICE. He now has his own company, Event Logistic, but we are lucky enough to still have his services for the organisation of TeamBuild. |
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Sara McKinnon
Press Officer |
Sara works for the Construction Skills as a Press Officer and gives of her time and advice to the Teambuild Working Party to help increase awareness of the competition. |
