New MD appointed as IDH starts 2021 on a high
Tim Burt steps up to CEO at IDH as the company eyes South West expansion. Independent Design House (IDH), the engineering design consultancy based in the UK and Poland, is consolidating a successful 2020 with the appointment of Ian Fernandes-Johnson as managing director, as Tim Burt moves into a new CEO position at the company. Now over 30 people-strong, the business has...
Technical Manager Leaves Transformational Legacy At Layher
Nick Geddes, Layher UK Technical Manager is celebrating two decades of successful service with the company. When Nick Geddes joined the staff at Layher UK more than two decades ago he clearly had designs on a successful career move as a draftsperson/designer. Such was his vision and dexterity the Technical Manager to be was soon on the road to creating...
Lee Marley Appoints Training Manager for Brickwork & Scaffolding
Lee Marley Brickwork Ltd has appointed Christian Hatherall-Good as the company’s Training Manager. Lee Marley Brickwork (LMB) currently offers both brickwork and scaffolding apprenticeships in order to bring the next generation of tradesmen into the construction industry. Christian, bringing 25 years of experience in construction and education, will be charged with developing LMB’s programme further and capitalising on the recent change...
CITB Boss hands in resignation
Sarah Beale, Chief Executive of CITB, has handed in her resignation which will come into effect from September 2021. She has served as CEO since January 2017, having previously held a range of senior leadership positions at the organisation over the past 16 years. Sarah, CITB’s first female CEO, led the training body through a major, transformation programme, Vision 2020. It...
Former HSE Inspector joins No Falls Foundation
Long-serving HSE Principal Inspector Ray Cooke has been appointed the No Falls Foundation's first Health & Safety Advisor. Ray joins the height safety Foundation after 35 years with HSE, latterly as HM Principal Inspector and Head of the Construction Sector Regulatory Support Team in the Building Safety and Construction Division. Joining HSE straight from university as a trainee inspector in 1985,...
Top design engineer returns to GKR
Lachezar Slavchev is returning to GKR Scaffolding to help grow its in-house Design Engineering team. Award-winning scaffolding and access specialist GKR Scaffolding Ltd has confirmed Lach will lead the London based firms engineering strategy as a Consultant Engineer. Lach will be supporting GKR's Managing Director, Neil Rowswell, and their operations team in a period of transformation, the company said. GKR...
Scaffolding Memorabilia: Thanks for the Memory
Paul Corfield is without question a highly skilled man within the scaffolding industry, not least because he's passionate about his craft. But his work runs much deeper than that as an avid collector of scaffolding memorabilia. Scaffmag was keen to delve deeper into his archive. (See below for a selection of Paul's Scaffolding Memorabilia Archive) They used to play thanks for the...
Survivex has new manager at the helm
Training provider, Survivex, has appointed a new general manager to oversee day-to-day operations and support key training management service clients. Jamie Purves comes to Survivex from drilling contractor, Valaris, where he was regional training and competency manager responsible for personnel working in the North Sea and Norway regions. Having worked in training and competency for almost 20 years, Jamie has extensive...
Urgent Help Needed For Scaffolders Daughter
A family is aiming to raise vital funds after the daughter of a scaffolder is diagnosed with a brain tumour A Kidney problem means scaffolder driver Keith Lloyd needs vital dialysis four times each day. Unable to work since before lockdown courageous Keith who works for Alltask is also fighting another huge battle with his daughter Ebony, who has a...
New Appointment at Connolly Scaffolding
Manchester firm Connolly Scaffolding has appointed Dave Bowring as its Associate Director. Dave Bowring the ex-boss of Bowmac Access services based in Chester will be heading up Connolly Scaffolding's Estimating and Commercial department, the company said today. Bowring has been in the scaffolding industry for over 40 years, attaining senior positions with national scaffolding companies, and formally running Bowmac Access services...
