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ONE of Lancashire’s biggest construction firms has appointed a new managing director who takes over at a hugely challenging period for the industry. John Hartnett has now taking over the managing directorship of Eric Wright Construction, based in Preston and which operates at sites all around the county and beyond, from John Wilson who had been with the firm for 24 years. Current projects include the £30m Gateway Altelier scheme in Salford for Muse and a £12m Sports Science Project fo...

Sarah Townsend John Hartnett, operations director at Eric Wright Construction, has been promoted to managing director, and will take the reins from John Wilson, who retires at Christmas after 24 years in the firm. Hartnett has worked at contractor Eric Wright for more than five years, working his way up the ranks from project manager, to operations manager then operations director from 2018. He was previously a senior construction manager at Lend Lease and before that worked for BAM Construct ...