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Henry Boot nabs GMI boss as new MD

Joshua Stein — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:30:42 +0000

Henry Boot Construction has appointed the current chief executive of GMI Construction as its new managing director. Lee Powell, who has spent more than three years as GMI’s boss, will join Henry Boot in January 2025. He will replace Tony Shaw, who is set to…

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Pennycook appointed as housing department minister

Charlotte Banks — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:03:22 +0000

Labour has appointed its former housing and planning minister as a junior minister in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The news comes after Angela Rayner was confirmed on Friday (5 June) as housing secretary, where she will oversee Labour’s manifesto pledge to…

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Bam’s northern director departs

Will Ing — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:02:07 +0000

Bam Construction is looking for a new northern regional director after incumbent John Phillips has retired. Phillips started his career as a civil engineer, working as a subcontractors’ site agent, before joining Bam in 1989. He led the construction of the Leeds Arena (pictured) and…

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Mace names new science and tech directors

Charlotte Banks — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:34:00 +0000

Mace has promoted two staff to lead some of its fastest growing areas: life sciences, data centres and the public sector. Rob Lemming becomes the contractor’s managing director for public sector and life sciences, while Alister Grey takes up the role of managing director for…

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Balfour Beatty names new construction boss

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:18:10 +0000

Balfour Beatty has hired Alstom Transportation’s UK and Ireland managing director to be its new head of construction. Nick Crossfield will become chief executive of Construction Services at the UK’s largest building firm, filling the role formerly carried out by Mark Bullock for three years…

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Plant-hire body names new chief executive

Greg Pitcher — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:48:33 +0000

Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) chair Steven Mulholland is to become the trade body's chief executive. He will take the reins of the organisation, which has almost 2,000 members, on 12 August 2024. Mulholland has been a CPA Council member for a decade and also runs…

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Ray O’Rourke to hand chief executive reins to son Cathal

Colin Marrs — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:35:50 +0000

Laing O’Rourke has announced that group chief executive Ray O’Rourke is to step down and hand over to his son. The tier one contractor announced today that the man who has run the firm since founding it in 1977 had given notice to the board…

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Home Builders Federation appoints chief executive

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:47:05 +0000

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has appointed Neil Jefferson as its new chief executive. Jefferson will take up the role on 1 July, stepping up from his current position as HBF managing director. The chief executive function had been performed by Stewart Basely, HBF executive…

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Iacobescu retires from Canary Wharf Group

Will Ing — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:57:47 +0000

Sir George Iacobescu will retire from the board of Canary Wharf Group (CWG) on 1 July, 36 years after he started working on the regeneration of the Isle of Dogs. Iacobescu is widely credited with turning the destitute former Docklands site into a powerful financial…

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Ex-Galliard and Inland Homes boss to lead Battersea development

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:10:17 +0000

Former Galliard Homes boss Donagh O’Sullivan has been appointed chief executive of the Battersea Power Station Development Company. O’Sullivan, who had a six-week stint at the helm of troubled Inland Homes prior to its collapse last year, will lead the development company from next week.…

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