LOGAN CONSTRUCTION - Key Persons
After Bruce's educational years, he joined a small firm of Chartered Accountants in London. Five and a half years later, he discovered a niche in the market and set up his own business, where he provided up-to-date management accounting information for SMEs on a regular basis at a fraction of the cost charged by larger firms of accountants. He built this business over the next twenty-eight years, increasing his portfolio of clients and increasing the scope of services provided, such as payroll bureau services and the processing of self-assessment tax returns.
Bruce first worked for Logan Construction, after he had been referred to them, in the late 1990s, shortly after they were incorporated. At that time this only involved a few initial visits to help out, but he was reunited with the company about ten years later, providing quarterly management accounts. In 2015 he was offered the role of Finance Manager. For the first couple of years Bruce worked part-time, whilst divesting himself of his portfolio of clients. He has been working full-time for Logan Construction since 2017, enjoying the challenge of working for a fast-growing construction company.
Bruce has always been a keen sportsman and has represented Kent at squash in various age group categories; he still plays team squash at club level despite being in his sixties. He recently succeeded in achieving his ambition to get his golf handicap down to single figures and is an accomplished skier. In what is left of his spare time, Bruce also enjoys participating in the local village "Players" pantomime and choral groups.
Jeremy Thorp - Chief Commercial Officer
Jeremy joined Logan Construction as Commercial Director in 2015, after progressing from a Trainee Surveyor at a small local firm to excelling as a Board-level leader for some of the South-East's most successful Construction firms.
Highly experienced in all aspects of commercial, marketing and project management; Jeremy is focused on eradicating wasted costs on building projects. To this end, he takes responsibility for both the Pre-Construction and Surveying team's efforts in producing robust commercial solutions for our clients.
Working closely with our project teams, Jeremy has been essential in developing and sustaining positive relations with our clients and suppliers. Underpinning this is his endorsement of a collaborative open book approach, to safeguard clients from being met with hidden, unexpected costs at project completion.
Outside of work Jeremy plays golf, although not as good as he would like. Compounding this frustration is his lifelong support of Gillingham F.C, both of which go some way to explaining his disillusioned mood most Monday mornings. Fishing is Jeremy's escape from all other escapisms though, enjoying above all other pursuits the aquatic chess match between a man and a carp on a cold November morning.
Job Titles:
- HR Manager
- Chartered MCIPD HR Manager
Having trained at secretarial college, Karen spent a number of years as PA to the Civilian Staff Director based at Royal Artillery Barracks. During this time an opportunity arose to train within ‘Personnel' as it was then known.
Karen's career has progressed to include implementation and management of integrated management systems, together with evolving and growing the HR departments for past employers.
As HR Manager at Logan Construction, Karen is responsible for all areas of HR and also undertakes the role of Compliance Manager. Karen is BM Trada trained in both implementation and auditing.
Karen enjoys listening to music, in particular Ska, and collects original vinyl with a collection of nearly 1,000, mainly original albums!! Karen is also a volunteer trustee for Age Concern.
Louise joined Logan Construction at the beginning of 2019, bringing with her an extensive range of marketing knowledge and understanding to help drive the business forward.
As Marketing Manager, Louise is responsible for looking after all aspects of our marketing operations, business development and bid management. Louise also oversees the pre-construction team activities.
Outside of work Louise loves spending time with her family and friends. Her hobbies include history, and anything to do with the Tudor era, including visiting Tudor sites, reading and music. However her most favourite activity is partaking in relaxing beach holidays, with Greece being her preferred location to visit. Louise is also a volunteer with Girlguiding and for the past 15 years has run a local Brownie group for girls aged 7 to 10 and a local Guides group for girls aged 10 to 14.
Job Titles:
- Construction Director
- Contracts Director
As Contracts Director, Tony's primary objective is to ensure that all our projects are delivered safely, to agreed programme and with the highest quality.
Tony has extensive experience in the industry, training first as a surveyor before moving into Contracts Management and now has over 25 years' experience at Director level. Over the years he has worked a diverse portfolio of projects within the industry, delivering numerous complex and diverse schemes. He still enjoys the challenging nature of the design, planning, organisation and resourcing process that needs to be completed for all projects and maintains a passion for successful delivery and pleasing our clients.
Tony still maintains a very ‘hands on' approach and keeps a keen interest in the day to day activities on all of Logan's current works.
Away from work, Tony has a love of sport, both watching and participating, with golf, football and cricket being his main passions. He also enjoys music, reading and going to the cinema.
Bill is an energetic, determined and innovative CEO with a lifetime of experience in the construction industry. Prior to founding Logan Construction in 1996, Bill excelled in engineering and was employed by some of our country's largest contractors. Amongst his personal portfolio are several of our industry's most illustrious schemes, including the Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station.
Bill's passion for building relationships eventually engineered him towards regional construction, where his proven track record for developing fruitful client partnerships blossomed under the Logan Construction banner. His thoughtfulness, vision and business acumen produced a strategy which focuses on collaborative working to identify innovative solutions. This remains the core ethos of Logan Construction and has been the main contributing factor in our success. Thanks to the blueprint he created, we have quickly established a reputation for successful delivery on complex projects.
Unfortunately, everyone has their vices. Bill's is Charlton Athletic FC. He regularly attends home games and loves cheering the Addicks on at the Valley.
William joined Bill in the family business in 2002, starting as a Contract Manager delivering numerous prestigious projects before moving into a Director role in 2005 and becoming MD in 2015.
Prior to this, William had a career in the financial markets that saw him managing large scale portfolios for a financial services company in New Jersey.
William has been instrumental in directing and supporting the current successful growth of the business. With his hands-on approach he has managed and consistently delivered complex projects, on time and on budget for our clients. William has directed the development of quality controls and procedures which have facilitated best practice, empowered our collaborative working culture and contributed to the company's sustainable growth.
William has a clear vision for the continued future success and growth of Logan Construction and maintains a direct involvement promoting positive working relationships with clients, employees and supply chain partners.
Outside of work, William's interests include; playing football, golf and spending time with his young family.