Appointments

BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNPPRE) has appointed Tara Cowley to bolster its planning & development capabilities to its commercial offer across Scotland. Tara Cowley, who has 18 years’ experience and has led Strutt & Parker’s Planning team in Scotland team for close to four years, s

Ian Bowie has joined law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner, bringing to the firm and its clients more than 25 years’ expertise advising on real estate projects, with a particular focus on energy and natural resources. Renowned for his technical skills and client focus, Mr Bowie support

The developers of one of the UK’s largest community regeneration projects has made a key appointment as it progresses to the next major phase of its infrastructure delivery. Winchburgh Developments Ltd (WDL), which is the lead organisation for the expansion of the historic West Lothian mining

Homebuilder Dundas Estates is putting customer experience and sustainability at the forefront of its business after creating a new role and swooping for a senior hire. John Croal has taken up the newly created role at Dundas Estates as part of its plans to redefine the “outdated” new-bui

Knight Frank has added to its building consultancy division in Scotland with the appointment of highly experienced surveyor Gordon Hamilton. Based in Edinburgh with a Scotland-wide remit, Gordon has been appointed as an associate, joining Knight Frank from Trident.

Ogilvie Construction has boosted its estimating team with the appointment of Philip Scott. Philip brings over 15 years of sub-contracting and estimating experience to the business with more than five years of main contracting experience on both commercial and social housing projects.

Construction and property consultant Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has strengthened the leadership of its UK project management team with the promotion of Andrew Thornton to associate director. Andrew joined Thomas & Adamson’s project management team in 2016, having previously undertaken

Taylor Wimpey is to promote current group operations director Jennie Daly to replace Pete Redfern as CEO of the company when he steps down after more than 14 years in the role. Ms Daly will assume the position at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on April 26.

Gail Docherty has been appointed as head of the residential conveyancing team at Macdonald Henderson. Ms Docherty has an impressive range of experience in the residential property market, having acted as an advisor to private clients and lending institutions, developers and management companies.

DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of construction litigator Jilly Petrie as a partner in its national professional & commercial risks team, which sits within its global insurance practice. Ms Petrie, who is based in DACB’s Glasgow office, moves from BTO Solicitors where she has

Real estate advisor CBRE has made another key appointment for its growing project management and building consultancy department. Emily Hughes has joined the firm as a senior project manager and will be based in the Glasgow office. Previously, Emily was a senior surveyor at Workman LLP and prior to

Andy Gotts, director of civil and structural engineering at design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks, has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Regional Group (SRG) of The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on a two-year term. He succeeds Michael Kilpatrick,

Burnhouse Engineering has expanded its team to manage new contracts following its relocation into new premises in Beith last year. Thomas McGraith has joined the company as an estimator and will focus on pricing and customer liaison for new projects.

BAM Nuttall has appointed James Walsh to lead the development of social impact and diversity and inclusivity (D&I) in its highways sector. James joins BAM from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee where he developed the social value strategy and evaluation system. His new

Building services engineering consultancy Troup Bywaters + Anders (TB+A) has made key promotions following another successful year consolidating its position in the Scottish market. Derek Hutchings and Steven Dunn have been promoted to partners in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively. Both have been i