Former Amey director takes reins at renamed SSE Contracting

Enerveo, previously known as SSE Contracting, has hired former Amey director Zak Houlahan as its new chief executive officer, following the death of former CEO Stuart Chaston in August from Covid.

Houlaham brings 15 years of senior management experience in a range of industries, including waste management, aviation infrastructure and most latterly in local Government contracts as national business director for Environmental Services at Amey.

Neil Kirkby, Enerveo Executive Chair, said “Zak’s track record in business transformation, customer engagement and value generation will be a great fit with the Enerveo team.”

 

 

Sisk names new UK framework director

Sisk has secured the return of Rebecca Hartshorn to take up the role of UK framework director.

She re-joins Sisk from Bowmer & Kirkland where she was Strategic Framework Lead.

Before that she previously worked at Sisk from 2017 for two years, when she held the roles of bid manager and pre-construction manager.

Hartshorn will be based in our Solihull office and will work closely with the Scape team after Sisk was appointed to work on projects worth £75m and above across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

She takes on the role from Sisk’s preconstruction director for UK North Kim Shevyn, who has worked closely with the SCAPE team to mobilise and establish our excellent working relationship.

Shevyn will continue in his role as preconstruction director.

 

Bouygues wins £30m Swansea zero carbon office

Bouygues UK has signed the contract with Swansea Council to build a carbon zero office development in the city centre.

The firm will break ground in the coming weeks on the site of the former Oceana nightclub at 71/72 The Kingsway.

Set for completion in the summer of 2023, the five-storey development will include 114,000 sq ft of commercial floorspace.

The developments will include two underground levels with new links between The Kingsway and Oxford Street.

John Boughton, regional managing director of Bouygues UK, said: “To work on such an innovative and environmentally-friendly building is going to be really rewarding for our team and we can’t wait to break ground and get going.”

The 71/72 Kingsway development is being funded by Swansea Council and the Swansea Bay City Deal.  It is also supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.

 

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