People on the move: Genr8; Malcolm Hollis; Calculus Legal Costs Holdings; Pozzoni Architecture; Powell Williams

Former Arcadis partner Stuart Dick has joined Genr8 as the Manchester-based developer prepares to deliver more than £100m of development over the next two years.

Construction is expected to start in October at Rochdale Riverside, Genr8’s 200,000sq ft retail and leisure scheme.

This week the company also received a reserved matters planning approval for a 140-bed Hilton Garden Inn, due to start on site before the end of 2017, at its £170m Smithfield, Stoke-on-Trent development. A public consultation on the next phase at Smithfield, a build to rent scheme, will begin in the coming weeks.

Having previously been responsible for overseeing the delivery of Capita’s project management services throughout the North West, Dick left to open Christal Management’s Manchester office in 2006.

Arcadis subsequently acquired Christal in 2014 and Stuart once again became responsible for the delivery of all of Arcadis’ Project Management Services throughout the North West.

Over the past 25 years, Dick has successfully delivered projects for clients such as Manchester City Council, the University of Manchester and Manchester Airports Group, as well helping clients such as BAE Systems and Newbury Racecourse conceive, and then build out, masterplans in excess of £300m respectively.

Genr8 Partner, Mike Smith said: “Stuart joining us represents a very significant appointment for the business and a boost to our in-house delivery capability. Stuart’s unrivalled experience in delivering complex schemes, alongside his extensive market knowledge and contacts, will help us to direct future business strategy and allow us to provide a complete range of development and development management services.”

Dick added: “Having worked for both contractor and consultant, the move ‘client side’ is a natural progression for me and I hope to bring an additional perspective to Genr8’s offer. The public sector in particular is seeking new ways to deliver development, often through direct investment, and we believe it is vital for us to be able to provide a full range of development services.”

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Independent commercial building consultancy firm Malcolm Hollis has recruited Adam Thomas on to its graduate programme in Liverpool.

Thomas joins Malcolm Hollis following the completion of his degree in building surveying at Liverpool John Moores University. Thomas spent a placement year working at Redrow Homes as a Trainee Assistant Site Manager.

Martyn Furse, Partner at Malcolm Hollis, said: “As a firm which has been running a graduate programme for almost 20 years, we pride ourselves in supporting young people in their career within the surveying and property industry. It is great to appoint someone of Adam’s calibre into the team here in Liverpool and we wish him a very successful career at Malcolm Hollis.”

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Joseph Manning and Leigh Murphy from Calculus Legal Costs Holdings in Southport have become qualified costs lawyers after passing their final Association of Costs Lawyers exams.

Manning, who joined Calculus in 2014 and Murphy, who joined the firm in 2011, will practice as qualified costs lawyers with Calculus.

Managing director John Hayes said: “We are delighted that two of our rising stars have qualified as Cost lawyers.

“Both Leigh and Joseph have worked tremendously hard to achieve this in a short timescale and we are immensely proud that they now add even more to the strength and depth of our team.”

Calculus specialises in recovering legal costs in civil and clinical negligence cases. The firm acts for a range of solicitors throughout the North West and nationally.

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Pozzoni Architecture’s Andrew Smith and Matt Mason have both been promoted as the firm continues to grow and develop its team.

Smith, who has been with Pozzoni for nine years, has been promoted to director due to the significant contribution he’s made to the delivery of projects at the practice within the residential and senior living teams, which has taken both sectors from strength to strength.

One of his most recent and most notable schemes was the regeneration of the Tribe apartments in Manchester, which were rated BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ last year and were awarded ‘Best Residential Scheme’ at the global BREEAM Awards 2017.

Mason, who joined Pozzoni in 2005, is now a senior associate following his significant contribution to the success of the commercial team. He has worked with a number of prestigious clients during his time at the practice and his new role provides the platform for further growth.

Director at Pozzoni, Nigel Saunders, said: “Between them, Andrew and Matt have over 20 years of experience at Pozzoni. Having so much knowledge and sector-focussed talent within the team is invaluable and it’s been fantastic to see them both progress.

“These latest promotions are not only a reflection of Andrew and Matt’s outstanding work, but also represent a trajectory of growth for the practice.”

With more than 30y years’ experience, Pozzoni has built up an impressive portfolio of public and private sector developments, including commercial, education, healthcare, leisure, mixed-use, residential and senior living projects from its offices in Manchester and London.

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Chester-based Powell Williams, the national building consultancy, has made David Hollingsworth a partner in the Chester office.

Hollingsworth, who joined the firm in 2014 as an associate, becomes the company’s ninth partner.

He will head up the growth of the firm’s insurance-related work and principal designer services. A chartered surveyor with more than 20 years’ experience, Hollingsworth will also oversee the training of junior staff and lead a number of major client instructions.

Andy Williams, managing partner, said: “We are delighted to welcome David as a fellow Partner, it is a richly deserved promotion.

“His success is down to sheer hard work and excellent delivery of new business within insurance and reinstatement instructions, and development of our PD team. He has proven his ability to generate work and lead a team, and he will be a significant addition to the partnership.”

Hollingsworth added: “I joined Powell Williams with a view to helping expand the service offering and bring in new clients through my focus on insurance-related work and principal designer expertise.”