Movers and shakers

Contractors

Construction company Bluestone has appointed Chris Attree regional commercial director for the south of England.

David McLean Contractors has promoted Leon Hamblett to operations director. He joined the company seven years ago.

Consultants

International consultancy EC Harris has appointed Jason Denning senior commercial manager at its Leicester office.

John Barnett has joined project management consultant Clarus Consulting as associate director.

The Birmingham office of law firm Cobbetts has appointed two partners, Building columnist James Bessey and Mark Robinson.

Multidisciplinary consultant TA Millard has made two appointments: Stephen Lindsay becomes senior technician at the Scotalnd office in Perth, and Åsa Söderberg becomes senior infrastructure engineer at the Ipswich office.

Institutions

Ian Ritchie and Peter Cook have been appointed the joint professors of architecture of the Royal Academy of Arts. The positions were ratified at the general assembly in December.

Roger Boddy has been elected chairman of ASUCplus, whose members are specialists in subsidence repair techniques and engineering foundation solutions.

The Resin Flooring Association has elected Stuart Bailey chairman, following the completion of Paul Sant’s term of office.

Suppliers

Lift door safety specialist Memco has appointed Bob Wells sales director.

Firstsight Vision, the supplier of industrial vision components, has appointed Steve Hearn to manage the growth of its security-related business.