Team of senior figures will provide industry insight to steer content.
To coincide with its redesign, Construction Manager has brought together senior figures from across the industry to form its first editorial advisory board. The 12 members meet three times a year to inform coverage in the title. They are:
1. Mark Beard FCIOB Executive chairman of Beard, a £140m turnover construction company, with offices in Oxford, Guildford, Swindon and Bristol. A member of the strategy board of Henley Business School, he holds a number of influential positions outside the industry.
2. Ann Bentley Global director and chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall, which employs more than 450 staff in the UK and 3,600 worldwide. She is a member of the UK government’s Construction Leadership Council.
3. Peter Caplehorn Deputy chief executive and policy director of the Construction Products Association. A chartered architect, Caplehorn also chairs the Regulations and Standards Group at the RIBA, as well as being deputy chair of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC).
4. Ian Eggers An independent consultant who has spent 33 years in the industry including 18 years with Mace, leading the CM part of the business. More recent work has included advising L&G on modular CLT housing.
5. Harvey Francis Skanska UK’s group HR director/executive vice president. Francis oversees 5,500 employees, with additional responsibility for communications and IT.
6. Professor Jacqui Glass FCIOB Chair in architecture and sustainable construction at Loughborough University, where she is also associate dean for enterprise and director of the Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering (CICE).
7. Paul Morrell Now an independent consultant. The former senior partner of Davis Langdon was the government’s first chief construction adviser and is now principally concerned with governance and setting up major projects.
8. James Pellatt Head of projects at Great Portland Estates. He is responsible for leading delivery of its development programme.
9. Nick Raynsford Former MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, who was minister for housing, planning and construction in Tony Blair’s Labour government. Raynsford now works in a number of capacities within the industry including as chair of the registered provider operations of Heylo Housing.
10. Richard Saxon Former partner/director of BDP for 27 years. Now a client and business adviser, especially helping clients to get the most from BIM, he also chairs JCT and is on the board of BLP Insurance.
11. Andy von Bradsky An independent architect and consultant with more than 30 years’ experience in the design and delivery of housing and regeneration. Former partner and chairman of PRP, he is working with DCLG as a design and delivery adviser and chairs the Housing Forum.
12. Phil Wade Operations director at First Base, currently managing the Silvertown Quays development in Newham. Wade has over 25 years’ experience with firms such as Lend Lease Europe, Bovis Lend Lease and Mace.
Readers’ panel lined up to give industry views
CM has also recruited a new readership panel to provide opinion and feedback. Members are:
John Adams Head of BIM services, BIM Strategy
Dr Francine Baker Senior lecturer in construction law, University of Central Lancashire
Paul Bussey Technical consultant, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Mark Coates Head of sales, Construct Project Management
Adam Clutterbuck Building surveyor
Nochum Dewhurst Dewhurst Consult
Peter Egan EGStructures
Kat Gates Client engagement director, TLC
Christine Gausden Senior lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, University of Greenwich
Jonathan Greenhalgh Director, Green Project Management
Duncan Hones Building control surveyor, East Cambridgeshire District Council
Brian Hermanstein Contract project officer, Tower Hamlets Homes Peter Heslington
Technical director Deloitte
Brian Impey Director of the Acorn Multi Academy Trust
Mark Kane Arbitration consultant
Raj Kishore Puppala Quantity surveyor, UK Power Networks Heathrow Projects
John Kjorstad Global services infrastructure leader, KPMG
Katie Livesey Associate director, Anthesis Group
Penelope McNeile Consultant
Stuart Nutbeen General manager, Progressclaim
Neil Salisbury Project officer, Orwell Housing Association
Dr Kenneth Sungho Park Senior lecturer in construction management, Massey University, New Zealand
Richard Sapcote Head of frameworks, Shaylor Group
Mike Smith Managing director, Corniche Builders
Barry Talbot Pre-construction manager, O’Keefe Construction
Joshua Waterman Project manager, Turner & Townsend Project Management
Chris Williams Head of learning and teaching, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton
Peter Yohane Senior site manager, Crest Nicholson Regeneration
