Appointments

Vertical transportation and façade access consultancy TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman has appointed Paul Hastings as managing director. Dunbar Boardman, which has offices in Glasgow, as well as eight others across the UK, has created to the role to support the continuing growth of TÜV

Knight Frank has appointed experienced surveyor John MacArthur as an associate in the firm’s growing building consultancy division in Scotland. MacArthur joins the independent commercial property consultancy from Stornoway-based housing developer Tighean Innse Gall, where he was tasked with pr

Taylor Wimpey has announced today that retiring Land Securities Group chief executive Robert Noel will be appointed as an independent non-executive director with effect from October 1. Last week, Mr Noel revealed his decision to leave the commercial property developer next year, after spending 10 ye

Sue Kershaw has today been named as president of the Association for Project Management (APM). Currently UK managing director of major projects advisory at KPMG, Kershaw becomes the first female president of the chartered body for the project profession.

Contracting and fit-out specialist Linear Group has announced a number of new appointments as the business continues to build on its success and drive its growth ambitions forward. Andrew Deacon joins the Linear Design & Construct (LDC) team as site manager with primary responsibility for the ef

Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson has appointed Vincent James to the newly created role of business development director. To be based in the company’s Haymarket office in London, James is responsible for raising the profile of the South East team with both public bodie

Fairhurst has expanded its traffic and transport planning service in Scotland with the appointment of John Craft to the position of principal transport planner. To be based in the firm’s Glasgow office, John has worked in traffic and transport planning consultancy in the city for the last 31 y

John Edwards FRICS has been announced as the new chair of the RICS Scotland board. Having served on the Scotland board since 2013, PMP director John Edwards has now taken over from Ian Fergusson FRICS who served as chair from July 2018 – June 2019.

Indursty turnaround veteran Alan Lovell has been appointed as the next chairman of Interserve Group. With an executive career including time spent at Tamar Energy, Infinis and Jarvis, Mr Lovell brings considerable expertise working across the construction and energy sectors.

Prefabricated modular home designer nHouse is coming to Scotland following the appointment of Scottish property expert Graham Scott.

Inverurie-based offsite timber frame specialist Scotframe has appointed Danny Johnson to the new role of business development manager for the North of England in response to growing demand for timber frame homes in the region and across the UK. Danny has enjoyed a successful 15-year career spanning

John Norfolk has been elected to serve as president of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2019/20. He was confirmed in his role at last week’s annual general meeting and takes over from Tim Hopkinson of E Poppleton & Son, who served for two years.

Glasgow-based hotel designers ICA have announced that Susannah Macneill has been promoted to director. In making the announcement, Executive Chairman Ian Burleigh said: “Susannah has been a major player in the growth of ICA over the past ten years. This is the first new Director to be app

Architect Christoph Ackermann has been appointed as principal at inter-disciplinary design practice BDP. Christoph will join Scott Mackenzie in the firm’s Glasgow studio where he will take more of a visible and pro-active senior leadership role in strengthening the design capability and the gr

Scott Cairns has announced his decision to step down as group managing director for James Donaldson & Sons in July next year.  As the first ever non-family member to lead the group, Scott’s tenure has seen the 160-year-old family business double in turnover to almost £200 millio