Appointments

Engineering firm Mott MacDonald has appointed Norrie Westbrook as managing director of buildings and cities in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland as the firm secured a contract for piers upgrades in Islay. Norrie takes over from Andrew Oldfield who has become commercial director for the con

David Broomer is to retire from the role of group chairman at Currie & Brown at the end of December, marking the end of a 51-year career – his entire working life - with the firm. David became a partner in 1980, the youngest partner in the company’s history, and in 1999 moved in

Will Smith has been appointed as the new managing director by mechanical and electrical engineering provider Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick. Will has over 20 years of experience in the building services, property and construction sectors, encompassing a variety of commercial and senior leadership ro

Private rental sector and build to rent residential and urban regeneration specialist Sigma Capital Group has strengthened its team with four new appointments across Manchester, London and Edinburgh. Following Sigma’s acquisition by pan-European private equity specialist PineBridge Benson Elli

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has undertaken a comprehensive operational restructure that sees the appointment of a senior partner, expansion from three to four geographical divisions throughout the UK and the appointment of three new partners. A chartered quantity surveyor and pro

Royal BAM Group is to concentrate on dedicated growth businesses in the UK & Ireland and the Netherlands as part of an organisational restructure. Replacing the existing business lines Construction and Property and Civil engineering, BAM said the new structure will is the next step in realising

Building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) has appointed a new estimating director. Stuart Pattison first joined the Glasgow-based company as senior electrical estimator upon its formation in 2016 and now, having re-united with the firm this winter, he has assumed the new role of estimati

Laing O'Rourke founder, majority shareholder and group CEO Ray O'Rourke KBE will step down from the group chief executive's position in September 2022. Almost 45 years after Ray, with his brother Des, began business with a single £2500 concrete structures project, he will join Des as a deputy

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), the built environment business association, has named Stephen Marcos Jones as its new chief executive. He replaces Hannah Vickers who left ACE earlier in the year and takes up his new role on January 31.

SANY Scotland, the direct sales & support route for SANY excavators in Scotland, is taking steps to provide greater coverage for customers across the country by recruiting a number of new regional sales managers. The first addition to the team is Eric Reid who joined the manufacturer on November

Public sector procurement authority SCAPE Scotland has appointed a new framework manager to lead its partner relationships and support best-in-class procurement across the nation’s public sector built environment projects. Gary Meechan joins SCAPE Scotland following eight years with const

Malcolm McMichael has joined Robertson Homes as commercial director to further support the Stirling-based housebuilder’s growth plans. Malcolm, who has 29 years’ experience in the residential sector, previously held the same role with Keepmoat Homes.

The Wates Group has expanded its environment team with the appointment of Bekir Andrews as environmental sustainability director to accelerate progress towards its 2025 environmental targets. Mr Bekir joins the family-owned construction, property services and residential development business from Ba

Real estate advisor CBRE has made a key appointment for its industrial and logistics team. Mike Brown has joined the firm as an associate director. Previously, Mike spent five years working in JLL’s industrial and logistics team after joining as a graduate in 2016. Whilst there he had several

Cushman & Wakefield has announced the promotion of Sarah Stewart to partner and Ollie Barron to associate in its Scottish operation. The duo are among 64 promotions across a range of markets, service lines and functions based within the UK and Ireland.