Contractor

Howard Tinkler has been promoted to regional building services manager for Carillion in the Midlands.

Housebuilders

Willmott Dixon has appointed Wendy Churchill-Coleman company secretary.

Steve Watt has been appointed chairman and managing director of Persimmon City Developments.

Andrew McPhillips has joined Crest Homes South East as land director.

Try Homes has appointed Paul Cooper managing director of its Southern operation. Martin Watling has joined Try Homes Thames Valley as construction director.

Consultants

Multidisciplinary consultant Barton Willmore Partnership has promoted Clive Rand and David Williams to directors. Jamie Kemp has been promoted to senior urban designer. Adrian Cohen has been made senior architectural technician in the Reading office and Avril Chadwick has been appointed senior architectural assistant in the Bristol office.

Richard Cullingworth, David Jay and Andrew Mather have left Lambert Smith Hampton to form a new building surveyor, CS2.

Multidisciplinary consultant High-Point Rendel has appointed John Bradley director of capital project delivery for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Dr Laurie Richards has joined Arup Environmental as principal environmental scientist.

Contract consultant James R Knowles (Europe) has appointed David Price managing director.

Nicholas Gould has joined the construction group of London law firm Forsters.

Institutions

Duncan Taylor, technical director of civil and structural engineer Brian Clancy & Partners, has been named chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers in the North-west.

The House Builders Federation has promoted Mike Newton to head of planning. He replaces David Coates.

Suppliers

Tony Evans has been appointed national sales manager of building materials supplier Supamix.

John French, previously with Charles Barrett Interiors, has joined display systems manufacturer Click Systems as managing director.