Contractors

David Corry has joined Højgaard & Schultz Construction as commercial director.

David Wheeler has been appointed business development director at civil engineering and utilities contractor McNicholas.

John Fidler has been appointed surveying director at Try Construction.

Housebuilder

Mike Killoran, group financial controller at Persimmon Homes, has been made a main board director.

Consultants

Paul Rushmer has been promoted to associate director of SVM's engineering management team. David Cambridge has become manager of the engineering team's facilities group and Manus Freeman has been promoted to group technical manager. Richard Seagrief and Brian Doherty have been appointed associate directors at the firm.

Waterman Gore has appointed Paul McKenna regional director of its Manchester office.

Architect Lacey Hickie Caley has appointed three associate directors. John Baulch and Rob Bramhall will be based in the Exeter office and Nigel Blackman will be based in Plymouth.

Huw Lloyd has been appointed co-director of newly formed consultant Environmental Building Solutions.

Tim Horsey and Christopher Hedley have joined the executive board of Investment Property Databank as directors.

Peter Radford has been promoted to partner at building consultant and project manager Chisholm Nurser & Partners. He will be based in London.

Architect Derek Rogers Associates has made Simon Jones an associate.

TTL Chiltern, the holding company for TRADA Technology, BM TRADA Certification, FIRA International and Chiltern International Fire, has appointed David Webb finance director.

Chartered building surveyor The Livemore Partnership has made Andrew Clark and Anthony Watts partners. Richard Moile has become an associate.

James Hamilton has been promoted to associate in the Bristol office of Ridge and Partners.

Institutions

Chris Palmer, director of public affairs at the RIBA, is to take up the new post of director of communications at the English National Stadium Development Company (Wembley) in March 1999.