People news Movers and shakers Send your job moves to editor@cibsejournal.com All the latest news from around the building industry Pettigrew steps down as B&es chief executive Amicable departure after 18 months in charge Roderick Pettigrew has resigned as chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES). President Andy Sneyd explained that the departure was an entirely amicable one, and he thanked Pettigrew for the valuable contribution he had made during his quarter of a century with the association. He added that interim arrangements were already in place that would ensure B&ES continued to operate effectively and to serve the interests of its members while the search for a new chief executive takes place. These arrangements include the formation of a strategic and operational board. This will be under the chairmanship of the president and comprise the officers, finance committee chairman John Miller, finance director Ray Barraclough and Bruce Kirton, chief executive of Welplan, the associations main commercial subsidiary. At the top of the new boards agenda will be key issues surrounding membership and marketing, the development of the associations skills base, and the future of vocational education and training across building engineering services, said Sneyd. With a background in law, Pettigrew joined what was then the Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association (HVCA) in 1990, as a commercial and legal adviser. Four years later, he was appointed head of the commercial and legal department. He was promoted to the post of deputy chief executive in 2008, and became chief executive in July 2013. Hirigoyen takes over at UK-GBC Julie Hirigoyen has been appointed chief executive of the UK Green Building Council. Currently UK head of sustainability for international property consultants JLL, she will take up the position in April, replacing outgoing chief executive Paul King. Hirigoyen was managing director and founding partner of Upstream, a sustainability strategy consultancy that was acquired by JLL in 2007. She was promoted to international director in 2010, and joined the UK Executive in 2011, before becoming UK head of sustainability in 2013. She has played a key role in JLLs sustainability strategy, overseeing a significant change programme over the past seven years. Weve come a long way over the past decade, with sustainability now a mainstream concern for many organisations involved in the built environment, Hirigoyen said. The next step requires mass uptake of sustainability solutions across the entire property lifecycle, breaking down silos and deploying systems thinking to achieve radical change. engineers named in 2015 new Year honours list Construction industry experts have been recognised in the Queens New Year Honours list. Paul Ekins, professor of energy and environment policy at University College London, was made an OBE for services to environmental policy. He was a member of the governments sustainable energy policy advisory board from 2003-07, and a specialist adviser to the joint parliamentary committee on the 2007 climate change bill. Jane Wernick, founder of Jane Wernick Associates, was made a CBE for services to structural and civil engineering. She is a member of numerous panels, including EDGE and Building Futures. WSP senior civil engineer Claire Gott, and TrustMark chair Liz Male, were made MBEs for, respectively, services to civil engineering, and to construction and consumer protection. Others honoured: Kevin Myers, Health and Safety Executive deputy chief executive, CBE; Paul Madden for services to environmental protection and sustainable development, OBE; Stephen Fox, BAM Nuttall, CBE; Andrew Wyllie, Costain chief executive, OBE; Paul Sheffield, managing director of Laing ORourkes European operations, CBE for charity work, plus his contribution to the industry; Peter Rees, former City of London chief planning officer, CBE; Steve Quartermain, the governments chief planner, CBE. Mike Mcdonagh Grontmij hires team leader for Manchester Grontmij has appointed Mike McDonagh MCIBSE to lead a new building services team at its Manchester office. McDonagh who has previously worked for WSP, Regas, Hurley Palmer Flatt, and Halcrow has spent more than 20 years in property and building services. T d gerard Canisius WSP appoints UK fire head T D Gerard Canisius has joined WSP as the UK head of fire engineering. He joined from URS, having previously worked at the BRE for more than 15 years. Canisius has worked on several big fire engineering projects in the UK, including Paddington Crossrail Station, Heathrow, and the A55 tunnels in north Wales. david healy WSP London recruits technical director David Healy has been appointed technical director for WSPs London team. He joins the professional services company from Crown House Technologies, having previously worked for Arup and Max Fordham. He gained a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he researched computational studies of twophase flows. david Philp Government BIM expert joins Aecom David Philp has been appointed Aecoms director of BIM for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. He joins from Mace, and will continue his part-time secondment to the UK governments BIM Task Group. Philp, who will work alongside David Bennison, head of the regions technology & data solutions group, said: The fact that Aecoms design, build, finance and operate model encompasses the entire asset life-cycle is exciting.