Appointments

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.

Members of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) can now look forward to greater support thanks to the arrival of a dedicated technical advisor. With steadily increasing technical and employment advice and extra member support to boost apprenticeships and in

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has bolstered its executive team with five new appointments. Reflecting the wide-ranging challenges facing its members, the new recruits comprise Liz Hamilton as head of local & regional planning, Richard Lewington as senior planning adviser and 

Michael Ross has been appointed to be the new chief executive of hub South West. Michael replaces Michael McBrearty who announced earlier this year that he intended to stand down from the role.

Fife-based housebuilder Muir Homes has made another new appointment to strengthen its team, making this the third appointment in the past month. JP Kerr, who joins as commercial manager, brings over 15 years commercial experience in the house building industry. He joins Muir Homes from a simila

BEAR Scotland has added to its senior team with two key appointments to its bridges team. David Bishop and James Petrie will help the trunk road maintenance company deliver the Scottish Trunk Road Network Management Contract for the South East Unit on behalf of Transport Scotland.

UK law firm TLT has appointed Alyson Cowan as an associate in its Glasgow office, building on the firm’s national strength in projects, infrastructure and construction.  Alyson, who joins from Morton Fraser, specialises in non-contentious transactional construction law and brings a wealth

Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has announced the appointment of Lee Hollywood as the new lead for its Scottish operation. Mr Hollywood originally joined Barhale in January 2020 and moves into the role from his previous position as senior contracts manager for Scotland. He pr