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Colas has named Faïçal Lahmamsi as its new chief executive. Lahmamsi joined the civils firm's sister company Les Grands Travaux Routiers in Morocco in 2002, and has been UK executive director of national and regional operations at Colas since March 2019. A company statement said his track record includes growing…

Andy Mitchell has announced he is leaving his role as co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). Mitchell (pictured), who was appointed to the role in October 2018, said he will be focusing on his full-time role as chief executive of Tideway, the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel megaproject,…

Durkan has named a former Willmott Dixon managing director as its new head of construction. Tim Carpenter joined the Hertfordshire-based developer and contractor as new business director last year and has now been promoted to managing director of construction. He succeeds Jim Briggs, who is retiring after 44 years at…

Barhale has poached Keltbray's engineering boss to take up a director position. Owen Mills (pictured) had been head of engineering for Keltbray’s rail division since 2015 and worked on projects like Crossrail. Before that he worked in senior engineering roles at Balfour Beatty, as well as Colas’ rail divisions. Mills…

Former Kier chief operating officer Claudio Veritiero has been named as the next chief executive of Peel Ports. The port operator, and sister company of Liverpool Waters developer Peel L&P, announced that Veritiero (pictured) will become chief executive when its current boss Mark Whitworth moves into the role of company…

Amey has hired George Pargeter from Balfour Beatty to be its local authority business director. Pargeter, who will join Amey this month, will have responsibility for contracts in Kent, Staffordshire, Surrey and Trafford, plus Amey’s UK-wide traffic management operations. He has joined the infrastructure services firm after 27 years with…

Taylor Wimpey has named operations director Jennie Daly as the person who will succeed Pete Redfern as chief executive. Daly (pictured) has been with Taylor Wimpey since 2014 and currently oversees planning, design, sustainability, production and supply chain functions, as well as managing the Taylor Wimpey Logistics business. She has…

Mark Overton has left his position as chief financial officer of Colas to take up the same position at Tolent. Overton (pictured) spent 10 years at infrastructure specialist Colas, becoming chief financial officer of the £229.8m firm in January 2019. He joined Gateshead-based Tolent at the start of February. Tolent…

Crossrail has changed its legal boss, months ahead of the planned opening of the Elizabeth line. Susan Beadles, who has been the project’s general counsel and company secretary since May 2018, has been replaced by project solicitor Karen Perry. A Crossrail spokesperson said Beadles will move to a new role…

Fast-growing GMI Construction has poached Willmott Dixon’s regional operations director for Yorkshire. Andrew Hurcomb (pictured) has joined Leeds-based GMI as managing director for Yorkshire. He takes the position recently vacated by Lee Powell who stepped up to chief executive of GMI. Powell said of Hurcomb’s appointment: “His knowledge and experience…