Contractor adds to senior team with Carillion hires
Birmingham-based contractor Colmore Tang Construction (CTC) has recruited five senior members of staff, four of whom previously worked for collapsed construction giant Carillion.
Ex-Carillion staff joining CTC include Paul Reynolds as operations director for the Midlands region, Gill McQuade as head of procurement, Nicola Markall as compliance manager and Louise Perry as head of sustainability – all of whom previously worked for Carillion.
CTC has also welcomed Steve Underwood as chief operating officer, who was previously at Shaylor Group.
The hires follow the contractor’s continued growth, having flourished from a team of three when the business was established in 2013, to one of the region’s fastest-growing companies with 103 employees and a projected turnover of £85m this year.
Andy Robinson, CEO of CTC, said: “We have a pipeline of work through until 2021, so we felt the time was right to expand and bring in highly-qualified senior managers who share our vision and values.
“It’s a real coup to know that Paul, Gill, Nicola and Louise have joined us from Carillion, as well as Steve moving over from Shaylor Group to take the reigns. It proves how strong CTC has become and we now have a team of very experienced people who share our intention to grow the business.”
To date, the contractor has delivered 1.45 million sq ft of construction projects across 1,500 residential units, a 253-bedroom four-star hotel – the first Park Regis hotel in Europe – 100,000 sq ft of BREEAM-certified industrial units and substantial high-end interior refurbishments.
CTC has several major projects upcoming, including Connaught Square in Digbeth – one of Birmingham’s largest city centre regeneration projects – and a 17-storey apartment complex next to the Park Regis hotel in the city.
Meanwhile, it is developing two schemes in Slough which will benefit from new Crossrail links to Central London.
“The business is going from strength to strength and we have some huge, exciting developments coming up,” added Robinson. “We are always looking for innovative ways to move forward, be that through bringing on board the best talent in the market or through our £10m innovation fund ConstrucTech, in which we’re working with Virgin StartUp to find disruptive technologies that will impact construction. I’m confident that with our new management team in place, we can only get stronger.”
