Appointments

Housebuilders

Midlands-based developer Dodd Homes has appointed Mark Booth managing director. He joins Dodd following six years as technical director for Miller Homes.

Bournemouth-based retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has appointed Julie Elvey area sales manager for Dorset and Hampshire.

Consultants

Project management and cost consultant clarus consulting has promoted Anne Strohman (left), head of business development for clarus consulting, PCM safety and pcm management, to associate director.

Edinburgh-based architectural practice Gilberts has appointed Doug Fraser director.

Boxall Sayer Construction Consultancy has promoted senior surveyor Chris Newman to managing surveyor.

Thames Valley-based commercial law firm Pitmans has appointed solicitor Seana Cunningham to its insolvency and litigation team.

Davis Langdon has made a number of appointments at its Leeds office: Stuart Bethel, Donna Harmson and Gareth Chambers join the project managment team; Japhet Simon, David Drake, Karl Codd and Wayne Cummings join the cost managment team; Maxine Boyce has been appointed partners secretary.

Solicitors Laytons has recruited Michael Conroy Harris and Julie Fitzwater to its commercial property and construction group.

Harris heads the firm’s construction unit and Fitzwater joins as an assistant solicitor, both in the firm’s Guildford office.

Institutions

Terry Payne has been appointed a special professor in building services engineering at the School of the Built Environment at Nottingham University.

Suppliers

Lift-door safety specialist TL Jones has appointed Helen Gong regional sales manager for Eastern China.