People
Moving to the
Movers & Shakers
Real estate distributor hopes the
‘dark’ side
company appointment will help to develop
Hammerson plc closer links with the specification
has announced and contractor market. Levy has
that its chief almost 20 years’ experience in
Grant James has always been a executive of the HVAC sector.
contracts manager at heart, but his
almost 10 years is stepping
down. John Richards will be Stuart Brear,
latest role at ABS London has opened
replaced by David Atkins, who C.Eng; MCIBSE
has been with the company for joins Wise
his eyes to ‘the dark side’ of
11 years. He leaves his position Management
of managing director of Services (WMS)
pre-contract and estimating
Hammerson’s UK business to as director for
take on the role. business development. Brear is
Grant James has spent nearly a chartered electrical engineer
30 years living in the ‘fairly well Paul Finch has and has considerable experience
insulated world’ of building been appointed in building and engineering
services. as the new services and systems. He joins
He started his career at Haden chairman of engineering and services expert,
Young as a technician engineer, CABE, the WMS, from Carillion IT Services
progressing to contracts manager Commission for where he was regional director.
before joining ABS London and Architecture and the Built
specialising in the London fit-out Environment. Finch is currently Jeff Gatlin, MCIBSE, PE, LEED
market. Now, as mechanical programme director of the World AP, an American member of
contracts director, his role is varied Architecture Festival and will CIBSE, has been appointed to
to the extreme. Never knowing take up the post officially in the ASHRAE Members Council
from one day to the next where he’ll December. PAOE Subcommittee. He also
be – or, indeed, which project will I have gained a recently accepted a four-year
divert his attention next, he splits
greater respect for the
appointment to the City of
his time between the office, site Hernando (Mississippi) Historic
visits and client meetings. estimator manfully Preservation Committee. He
And, although he admits there is
no such thing as a ‘typical’ day, he
working away at the
holds many other volunteer
committee roles within the
is always in the office for 7.30am. coal face industry, as well as being vice
His clients’ demands can involve Weatherite Building Services president and co-owner of
meetings to discuss a potential new challenging and diverse role than Limited (WBS) has announced Thompson Engineers, Inc, in
project to reviewing a submitted you might think.’ two key appointments. Mike Memphis, Tennessee.
tender. The recession forced ABS to Turton is now the company’s
But the time he does spend in diversify, and is what led James to managing director, and Martin A renewables
the office is used to ‘realise’ the alter his role, moving from the ‘cosy Thomas has been promoted to energy company
promises he has made. Typically cuddly world’ of contracting to sales director. It is anticipated has recruited
it consists of analysing tenders, the ‘dark side’ of pre-contract and that the move will strengthen the Sharlene Wilson
preparing the packages that go out estimating. senior management team as technical
to potential sub contractors and One of his recent projects began following the retirement of consultant.
suppliers, and preparing prices with a phone call asking him to visit former managing director, Clive Wilson joins Perpetual Energy
for the client on time. Most days a building in Portsmouth at short Evans. from Sustainable Energy
his time is also spent dealing with notice to price up the installation Installations Ltd, where she was
queries on tenders, which are at of heating and air conditioning Mark Bone has a project engineer. In her new
various stages. units. Ideas were discussed before joined BG role she will be responsible for
‘I must admit, us contract James priced the project and wrote Controls as projects across Europe.
managers have always had a a specification. Once the price was operations
healthy disregard for the sales, agreed, ABS was able to process director for its new A heating, air
pre-contract and estimating side the order and work started on-site. office in West conditioning and
of the business,’ concedes James. ‘I thought this role would be a Sussex. Bone has 15 years’ refrigeration
‘After all, we were the top guns at breeze after contract management. experience in managerial and company has
completing projects to suicidal How wrong I was. It’s interesting engineering roles, and will now be recruited David
programmes, within ludicrous how, in a short space of time, my responsible for sales and business Roberts to the
budgets, resolving estimating view of this side of the business has development at BG. role of commercial director at
oversights and endeavouring to live changed; I have gained a greater Carrier. Roberts has been with
up to outrageous promises made respect for the estimator manfully Marcus Levy has the company for more than 27
by the sales Johnnies. working away at the coal face.’ been recruited as years, during which time he has
‘However, for the last six area sales held positions in industrial
months I have been charged with
Email your latest people
manager – south refrigeration, sales, marketing
overseeing estimate preparations
appointments and role
at Coolmation. and service, both in the UK and
with a view to securing projects in
profiles to
cbailey@cibsejournal.com
The chillers overseas.
a difficult market place. A far more
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