SPECIAL FOCUS NEWS
en Vickers of Crown House Technologies has been elected as the next vice-president of the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA). She joined the BCIA Management Committee in January 2023 and will take up her position as vice-president in March 2024.
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Vickers has worked for Crown House Technologies, which is part of Laing O’Rourke, since 2015. More recently Vickers has started to project manage the BEMS package on a number of projects. In April 2022, on behalf of the BCIA, she took responsibility for launching the BCIA Young Engineers Network (YEN) and delivered a programme of three YEN events before supporting the YEN to establish a more formal working group structure.
On her appointment Vickers said:
“I am delighted to be taking up the position of BCIA Vice-President. I am an advocate for skills development and will specifi cally focus on ensuring that the building controls industry builds a position as a ‘career of choice’ sector, particularly as we will soon see the fi rst cohorts of apprentices on the BEMS Controls Engineer Trailblazer apprenticeship approach completion of their studies. I’m also keen to ensure that the BCIA becomes recognised as a trusted and expert voice within the political and policy-making space.”
The BCIA will also welcome three
new members to the management committee, with Simon Ward of Distech, Clare Grams of Westminster Controls and Lewis Locke of BGES all being appointed. Ward, who has previously served on the
Management Committee, will offi cially join in March while Grams and Locke will take up their positions in January. Ward has worked in the building
controls industry for more than 30 years with both manufacturers and system integrators and has developed a wealth of knowledge regarding markets, products, solutions and customer base. Locke is a regional director with BGES Group and has previously served as a marine engineering mechanic with the Royal Navy. He is keen to open more pathways for veterans into the building controls industry. Grams joins with over two decades of facilities management and controls experience and aspires to serve as a role model and advocate for empowering more
“I would also like to welcome
Clare, Simon and Lewis on to the management committee. Their diverse backgrounds are a tremendous advert for the many routes into the industry and I look forward to working with them as we continue to work towards our goals outlined in the corporate plan.”
BCIA announces Jen Vickers as next vice-president
women to pursue careers in the building controls sector. Commenting on the new appointments BCIA president Graeme Rees said: “Firstly I would like to congratulate Jen Vickers on being elected as our next Vice- President. Her wealth of experience in the sector has already proven to be a great asset to the management committee and it is fantastic to see the Young Engineers Network that she launched now thriving under its own steam.
Kolev joins Clivet Spence joins PACAIR as heating manager P
almer Air Conditioning (PACAIR) has appointed Lee Spence to the role of heating
manager. Spence has worked for HVAC manufacturers over the last 13 years focusing specifi cally on low carbon heating. He started his heating career as an account manager for six years Mitsubishi Electric, where his role was to support plumbing, heating and renewable specialists. Spence has spent the last
seven years as a national heating sales manager working for
both Mitsubishi Electric and LG. Coaching, leadership and mentoring have been part of his day-to-day role. Spence said: “This is an exciting time to join PACAIR and I am looking forward to supporting the growth of low carbon heating.” Nick Ryman, sales director of
PACAIR said: “We are very excited to have Lee join us to help strengthen our support for domestic heating products and future sales opportunities. We see the next few years as a huge potential growth
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phase for domestic heating with heat pumps and Lee’s experience will assist this greatly.”
livet has recently appointed Nikolay Kolev as a mobile service engineer.
Kolev said: “I’ve been working as a technical specialist for more than 20 years in the HVAC industry. As an electrical, mechanical and processes fault fi nder, my attention is always focused on the installation mistakes, how to avoid them and the steps towards their improvement. “I am happy to be part of the Clivet team. In my heart I keep a special place for the HVAC manufacturers and look forward to my experience and knowledge supporting the installation and improvement of Clivet products.”
38 February 2024 •
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