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The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) is searching for up to three new commissioners to broaden its expertise. The organisations said it was looking for commissioners from the energy sector, or those who specialise in the relationship between infrastructure and the environment, or infrastructure policy. The role is paid £20,000 a…

Mace has appointed Kari Sprostranova as its new head of health, safety and wellbeing for construction. She has joined the firm after more than five years at Balfour Beatty where she was most recently its director of health, safety, environment and sustainability. Earlier in her career, Sprostranova worked as an…

Martin Brown has joined Barhale as chief executive, following a nine-year stint at the helm of Keltbray’s UK rail infrastructure business. Brown has worked in the rail and civil engineering market for 29 years and, prior to his role at Keltbray, worked as project director for Balfour Beatty. He will…

Wates has appointed four new regional directors as part of a restructure to help grow the construction business. It will now operate with four regional divisions classified as North, South, Central and London, with managing directors appointed to each. Among the new MDs is Helen Martin, who will head up…

NMCN has appointed Louise Pavitt as operations director for major projects. Pavitt, who joins after more than four years at Highways England, will lead the delivery of NMCN’s major infrastructure projects across the UK. Most recently, she was regional delivery director for the highways group in Yorkshire and the North…

Mott MacDonald has appointed Mark Baynham as its new director for roads in Scotland. Baynham, a chartered civil engineer with 30 years of experience in roads and the public sector, will be responsible for delivering road projects north of the border, which will include work for Transport Scotland. He will…

Former Crest Nicholson chief executive Patrick Bergin has joined modular housebuilding firm Ilke Homes as its chief financial officer. Bergin held a number of senior roles at Crest, including group finance director and chief operating officer, before becoming CEO in 2018, a post he held for a year. Ilke Homes,…

Laurence Brett has joined the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) as its interim chief executive. Brett moves to the association on a part-time basis, and will work there two or three days a week. He will spend the rest of his time in his role at Aecom, where he…

Balfour Beatty’s former London boss has been appointed construction director at care-home builder Savista Developments. Graham Hill, who was Balfour’s managing director for its London region from 2015 until January this year, has joined the young specialist builder in the midst of an expansion. Savista was launched in late 2019…

Scape has recruited two senior members from Arcadis and Sir Robert McAlpine as it prepares for more public sector project investment. Andy Bacon has joined the framework provider from Sir Robert McAlpine to take up the position of head of category management, which will involve working with contractors on Scape’s…