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Lendlease’s UK construction boss has stepped down, two months after the firm’s Australian parent company announced it would sell the business. Simon Gorski, who has been managing director for European construction for five years, will depart despite telling Construction News last month that he would head the division until it…

Former construction minister Lord (Richard) Harrington has been named as the chair of developer Regal. The £350m-turnover group, formerly known as Regal London, consists of several companies, including Regal Construction – its in-house building arm. Lord Harrington (pictured) was the MP for Watford from 2010 until 2019, and served as…

Henry Boot Construction has appointed the current chief executive of GMI Construction as its new managing director. Lee Powell, who has  spent more than three years as GMI’s boss, will join Henry Boot in January 2025. He will replace Tony Shaw, who is set to leave at the end of…

Labour has appointed its former housing and planning minister as a junior minister in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The news comes after Angela Rayner was confirmed on Friday (5 June) as housing secretary, where she will oversee Labour’s manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million homes over…

Bam Construction is looking for a new northern regional director after incumbent John Phillips has retired.  Phillips started his career as a civil engineer, working as a subcontractors’ site agent, before joining Bam in 1989. He led the construction of the Leeds Arena (pictured) and other major projects, becoming director…

Mace has promoted two staff to lead some of its fastest growing areas: life sciences, data centres and the public sector. Rob Lemming becomes the contractor’s managing director for public sector and life sciences, while Alister Grey takes up the role of managing director for technology and manufacturing. Lemming took…

Balfour Beatty has hired Alstom Transportation’s UK and Ireland managing director to be its new head of construction. Nick Crossfield will become chief executive of Construction Services at the UK’s largest building firm, filling the role formerly carried out by Mark Bullock for three years before he retired. A statement…

Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) chair Steven Mulholland is to become the trade body's chief executive. He will take the reins of the organisation, which has almost 2,000 members, on 12 August 2024. Mulholland has been a CPA Council member for a decade and also runs family business Mulholland Plant Services.…

Laing O’Rourke has announced that group chief executive Ray O’Rourke is to step down and hand over to his son. The tier one contractor announced today that the man who has run the firm since founding it in 1977 had given notice to the board of his intention to depart.…

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has appointed Neil Jefferson as its new chief executive. Jefferson will take up the role on 1 July, stepping up from his current position as HBF managing director. The chief executive function had been performed by Stewart Basely, HBF executive chairman, since 2006. He will…