Contractors

Regional construction group EBC has appointed Mark Hoyland commercial director for its Eastleigh and Reading offices.

Tim Westwood (right) has joined Kier Regional as regional business development manager.

Linford Building Group has appointed Steve Chinn marketing director. Ian Tyrls has been made design-and-build manager.

Terry Whittingham has joined SOL Construction as business development manager for the West Midlands.

Stuart Moore has been appointed quantity surveyor and estimator at NEL Construction.

Housebuilders

Kevin Davies has been appointed managing director of Crest Nicholson Residential's eastern division. He succeeds Stephen Stone, who has been promoted to group managing director of Crest Nicholson Residential.

Adrian Norridge, formerly chief executive of the St Pancras & Humanist Housing Association, has joined GHM Group to lead its marketing operation in the social housing sector.

Hertfordshire-based Leach Homes has made Malcolm Folbigg (right) senior land and planning manager.

Consultants

Jon Vivian, formerly of CMS Cameron McKenna, has joined the property team at law firm SJ Berwin.

Architect and town planner Hulme Upright has appointed David Vokes and Philip Wootton partners in the Stoke office. Keith Eastwood has been made an associate in Manchester.

Richard Keely has been made a partner in quantity surveyor Lavingtons.

Architect Austin-Smith:Lord has made three appointments in its Cardiff office. Yun Yun Herbert has joined the Newport Millennium Theatre and Arts Centre team, Sook Yieh Vun has joined as architect and Kevin Wilson as technician.

Tony Ensom, Barry Milton, Kevin Hayes and Roy Appleton have joined Mouchel's contract and dispute services team as associate directors.

Institutions

Malcolm Young, director of Farnborough and Guildford-based property firm Wilky, has been appointed vice-chairman of Blackwater Valley Enterprise.

Bob Davis has been elected chairman of the RICS' Yorkshire regional board.

The Association of Consulting Engineers has appointed Jeremy Croxson business and technical director.

The International Powered Access Federation has appointed Rupert Douglas-Jones training scheme manager in Cumbria.