Appointments

Housebuilder

Strata has appointed Jim Sowter site manager for the Ivory development in Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Consultants

TPS, the design and project management division of Carillion Business Services, has appointed Shaun Carter managing director.

Pitmans, the Reading-based commercial law firm, has appointed Bhaminee Sharma as a solicitor in its commercial property department.

Brenden Harrison has been appointed director of Robinson Architects, part of the Robinson Design Group.

Oxford-based law firm Darbys has recruited Maria Harvey as a solicitor in its corporate, technology and finance group.

Engineering consultant Atkins has appointed Carole King as consultation specialist based at the company's Euston Tower office in London.

Ross Taylor has joined specialist commercial property law firm Bell & Scott as a solicitor in its construction team.

Institution

George Fraser has been elected as president of Scottish Building, the principal employers' federation for the construction industry in Scotland.

Supplier

Sliding door specialist Hillaldam Coburn has appointed three sales representatives: John Wilson, for northern England, Darryl Lewis, for East Anglia and Gary Ives, for the Midlands.