People
Exciting times
Movers & Shakers
Peter Ball has Energy Efficiency
Not since the industrial revolution
been announced Partnership for
as strategic Homes has
transformed western life has there
research director appointed
of BRE’s Building Professor
been such an exciting time to be an
Technology David Strong as
business. Ball joins previously its new chairman. Strong is chief
engineer. James Warne, of BDP, worked at Costain and has executive of sustainability
explains
experience in contactless, mobile consultancy Inbuilt and also chairs
and sensor technologies – DIAG, the group that advises on
knowledge he will use in his the implementation of the EU
BDP’s James Warne may claim he new role. Energy Performance of Buildings
‘fell’ into engineering more than Directive in the UK. He will be
20 years ago, but he now believes Daniel Labbad has working to build the partnership’s
there’s never been a more exciting been announced profile at government, civil service
time to be involved in the sector. as the new and industry level.
The engineering director chairman of the
was just 16 when he started UK Green Carl Devlin has
working for Pipex, a chemical Building Council. become the first
pipework subcontractor, where The chief executive of Europe Lend person appointed
he experienced every trade and Lease has been on the advisory to multi-
profession, both on-site and in the board since the launch of the disciplinary
drawing office. He rapidly worked organisation in 2007. He replaces consultancy
his way up the engineering ladder It’s one thing to former chairman Peter Rogers. Capita Symonds’ new programme
and within a year he’d filled every
see a bad idea – it’s
delivery team. Devlin joins from
role within the company – from Multidisciplinary Laing O’Rourke where he was
tea boy through to site manager, another to see good engineering director of work winning. At Capita
estimator and design engineer. consultancy he will be director of programme
His career has taken him
potential going to
Buro Happold management within the new team,
through Arup and Cundal’s waste has appointed which aims to contribute 40 per
doors, but it is at architectural and Dan Phillips as its cent to the organisation’s bottom
engineering practice, BDP, where rise to the challenge. Not since the new sustainability director. Phillips line by 2013.
he finally settled in 2002. industrial revolution has there been joins from design and innovation
Now, as BDP’s engineering a greater need for our profession consultancy SEA, which he Martin Stone has
director, the 38-year-old’s role to really challenge fundamental founded in 1998. joined asset and
is varied in the extreme, but he design principles and evolve to a facilities
describes it as ‘finding a balance whole new level across every aspect Allan Cook CBE management
between design and analytical of engineering. It needs ingenuity has taken over as specialist, the
engineering solutions’ to help to find some remarkable solutions, chairman of Kinetics Group, as
create places for people, combining both locally and globally. engineering its pre-construction director.
the talents of a wide spectrum of ‘As an engineer I feel well placed design group Stone’s remit is to grow the
specialisms, from environmental to take a part in finding these Atkins. Cook construction division nationally.
engineering to lighting and security. solutions: practical, pragmatic, real was previously chief executive of Stone has several years’ experience
‘There is no typical or average solutions.’ Cobham PLC. In his new role he as business development director
day or week, variety being the Warne has worked on a number will support chief executive Keith with the Apollo Group.
spice of life,’ says Warne. ‘Last of varied projects, from spy Clarke and the board as it steers
week involved visiting a school headquarters and airports, to Atkins into the next decade. James Wates has been
for the final defects to be cleared television studios and research appointed to the Construction
and to see how things are laboratories. Now he’s even started Andrew Crosbee Industry’s Training Board (CITB-
running; presenting an exciting a little lecturing and tutoring with has been ConstructionSkills). Wates has
opportunity for a highly sustainable the Centre of Alternative Technology announced as been a CITB-ConstructionSkills
civic building; as well as a bit of in Wales. bid manager at board member for seven years and
post-occupancy evaluation and And, while most people may balk Powerminster will take over the role at the end of
feedback.’ at the thought of a deadline, Warne Gleeson Services. March. CITB-ConstructionSkills
Much of his time is spent revels in the thrill of it, and in seeing In his new role he will work helps industry in all aspects of
communicating and meeting finished projects used as they were alongside the business recruiting, training and qualifying
with people, which can see him designed. But he despises it when development team to respond to the construction workforce.
spending most of his days in a good idea is badly executed: ‘It’s tender requests, as well as putting
boardrooms, coffee houses, site one thing to see a bad idea; it’s together proposals from both David Fitzpatrick has been
offices, airports and across any another to see good potential going private and public sector clients for recruited as sales and marketing
number of cities. But it’s worth it, to waste.’ Powerminster’s building director for Actionair, Air Diffusion
according to Warne: ‘Given the maintenance, facilities and Naco, the three brands within
sustainability and climate change
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