Movers and shakers
On the Up
Former Laing Homes chairman Stephen Lidgate has been appointed non-executive director of house builder Crest Nicholson.

Stephan Izatt has been appointed chief executive of Waterfront Edinburgh, Scotland's largest regeneration project.

David Wilson becomes operations manager of health and safety at NHBC.

Brewer Consulting has appointed David Roberts (formerly of KBR Halliburton) as senior consultant.

Graham Billin joins Capita Property Consultancy as director of the utilities division.

Planning and public sector law specialist Brian Muskett has joined the property and construction team at Nottingham law firm, Berryman Shacklock. He brings 27 years of public sector legal experience to the firm, most recently as chief solicitor with Tamworth Borough Council, a post he held for 14 years.

Eversheds has announced today the appointment of former civil engineer Andrew Rush as a solicitor in its construction practice in Ipswich.

Kevin Hibbs, of Taylor Woodrow, has been appointed as the chairman for South Wales in the Great Western cluster of Rethinking Construction.

Edward Symmons has appointed Mark Addinall and Michael Griffiths as managing surveyors to its Northern Real Estate Construction Department.

Coutryside Properties has appointed Clive Buckley as development director for its south west division.

PCM has appointed Howard Tinkler as national M&E manager. He joins from Carillion Building North where he was principal building services manager.

John Ladd has been appointed chief executive of the British Urban Regeneration Association

The CIOB has promoted regular Construction Manager contributor Saleem Akram to director, professional and technical development.

And sadly
Sir George Grenfell Baines, who founded Britain's first multidisciplinary practice, The Building Design Partnership, died in May at the age 95.

Lord McGowan, chairman of contractor Jarvis, died on 6 May.

Christopher Willis, a past president of the RICS quantity surveying division, died on 24 April.