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Sarah Townsend Construction services firm Bowmer + Kirkland has been appointed as the main contractor to build Manchester Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, and to refurbish the John Dalton complex. Following ground preparatory work this month, construction is to start at the Chester Street site in January for the largest construction project MMU has ever undertaken. Under the plans, MMU’s John Dalton West building will be demolished and a seven-storey, 160,000 sq ft faculty of science and engineering erected in its place. The £45m building will include laborat...

By Dave Rogers2020-12-14T06:00:00+00:00 Former Lendlease staffer takes top role at Eric Wright Regional contractor Eric Wright Construction has appointed a new managing director to take over from former boss John Wilson who leaves at Christmas after 24 years with the firm. Operations director John Hartnett (pictured) has been with the Preston-based contractor since 2015, having joined from Lendlease where he was a senior construction manager. He will report into group managing director Jeremy Hartley. The division, which is working on a £12m sports science scheme for Manchester Metropolita...

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 UK for six years as a site manager. Also under the management changes announced this week, Phil Brow...