STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant - Utilities
Adam is home and away season ticket holder with Wolverhampton Wanderers, and when he isn't travelling the country following his beloved team, he can either be found watching the cricket or travelling Norway and Iceland on a cruise.
Job Titles:
- Associate Project Director at Brookbanks
- Associate Project Director, Development Management Group
Experience:
Alan is an Associate Project Director at Brookbanks with a strong background in strategic land promotion and major infrastructure development within client-based organisations. With a background in civil engineering, he's an innovative thinker who understands what clients require, articulating and developing solutions from technical, planning, legal and commercial perspectives. He always has a personable and approachable manner taking pride in his role to deliver the best results every day.
Alan leads a number of Brookbanks' major development projects from planning, design and delivery, through site/development parcel sales to ensuring the ongoing management of completed developments and their associated infrastructure. This involvement currently includes residential, mixed use, primary and secondary schools and a leisure centre.
Over a 25+ year career Alan has worked in contracting, consulting and client environments. From an early career in tunnelling and heavy civil engineering, his most recent achievement was securing Outline Planning Consent on a major residential site for 1300 homes in a challenging and political planning environment with multiple challenges over land ownership.
Andrew is the Group Managing Director at Brookbanks, with a strong background in client-side development. He is driven to obtain the best results for our clients in respect of value creation, cost management, place making and programme adherence - market-leading advice for market-leading clients.
Andrew leads a number of Brookbanks' major development projects, from concept stages in some cases, planning, design and delivery, through to the ongoing management of completed developments and their associated infrastructure. This involvement spans residential, mixed use and mining operations.
Over a 15+ year career for a large national PLC home builder, Andrew worked on planning, designing and delivering major development sites across the South East, Midlands, North West and Yorkshire. Andrew has held Business Unit Management Team and Strategic Land positions, delivering 650-950 homes annually to the market, working through acquisition, design, planning, delivery and completion of live development sites and new communities. This lifecycle experience has been invaluable in respect of high-quality place making, and the balance of quality and quantity.
Job Titles:
- Head of the Development Management Group
Experience:
Andy is the Senior Associate Director in our Development Management Team, overseeing a number of large-scale mixed-use developments on behalf of our major house-building clients, as well as leading support to other key clients in the mining and mineral exploration sector.
Andy brings a wealth of experience and different skills to his projects, having originally started his career as a chartered accountant with British Airways before eventually moving into the construction industry with a volume UK house builder. He led financial support to that company's Strategic Land Division over many years, operating on a nationwide basis. This role included financial reporting for the Division as well as supporting the Land and Planning Managers in providing robust business cases for land development opportunities.
Andy successfully completed a Masters in Urban and Rural Planning at UWE, part of a strategy to allow him to move into a Strategic Land Project Manager position. This operational role gave him the chance to build his project management skills, bringing forward a number of consortium-led major urban extensions to the outline planning stage.
Job Titles:
- Associate - Development and Planning
- Development and Planning Manager at Brookbanks
Experience:
Annabel is the Development and Planning Manager at Brookbanks with a diverse planning promotion and permission background across housing, commercial, education and health sectors. She is a Chartered Town Planner committed to designing planning strategies that secure the best results for our clients, unlocking development potential and creating well-designed communities that are deliverable.
Annabel manages and provides planning advice for a number of Brookbanks' major development projects, varying from options stages on Minerals and Waste projects to the design development of housing schemes and delivery of community facilities.
Annabel's keen involvement with multiple industry organisations provides an invaluable asset to clients, understanding wider opportunities and challenges in planning and development from the early stages of a project.
Annabel is a budding baker and cocktail maker and frequently plays mini-golf.
Anthony Brown - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Commercial Director
- Group Director of Cost and Commercial / Head of South West Office
Experience:
Anthony is a Commercial Director and the Group Director for Brookbanks' new Bristol Office. He has over 30 years' experience working for both large construction consultancy practices in London and Bristol and also for the strategic division of a major UK housebuilder.
Anthony has worked on numerous large residential-led developments, principally across the South of England and South Wales, many commencing at the initial sketch design stage and then progressing through the technical design development and planning application preparation processes, via the local authority viability negotiation and land purchase stages and ultimately on to the procurement and delivery of the strategic infrastructure. Anthony is able to provide commercial expertise to ensure that best value is considered at every stage to provide the best outcomes for the client.
He has extensive knowledge of commercial and contractual matters associated with developing and delivering large schemes, and a good understanding of what leads to successful, value-driven developments.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Structural Engineer
- Group Structural Engineering Director / Head of Southern Office
Chris is a Chartered Structural Engineer with extensive experience of delivering Structural engineering projects.
Having started his career following graduation as a structural cad technician, Chris progressed to a graduate engineer though to Principal Engineer and then Associate in 2 large multi-disciplinary engineering consultants.
In 2011, he joined Reuby and Stagg as a senior engineer and was promoted to the position of Director in 2013.
With over 25 years' experience in Structural engineering design, analysis and project management, Chris has delivered a large number of significant schemes across the UK, ranging from residential masonry buildings to multi storey tower blocks and complex commercial developments.
Chris has a wide variety of skills, including:
Day to day running of a busy Structural engineering team.
Responsible for the management and delivery of large multi storey residential and commercial structural schemes.
Design and analysis of multi storey concrete framed structures using finite element analysis.
Design and analysis of multi storey steel, masonry, and timber structures.
Client relationships and business development.
Chris has particular skills in providing lean and cost effective concrete framed building designs as part of Reuby and Stagg's overall reputation for providing highly efficient structures.
Job Titles:
- Technical Director at Brookbanks
- Technical Director, Highways, Environmental and Transition Group
Experience:
Dean is a Technical Director at Brookbanks, with over 36 years experience providing a wide-ranging engineering background in the support of planning and infrastructure delivery both in the UK and abroad.
Dean currently leads our work in helping clients secure planning and delivery of development presently stymied with Nutrient Neutrality Issues throughout England and Wales, delivering varying solutions to get development underway. He has also being leading the advice given to both the HBF and LPDF on this matter when lobbying and advising the government on how the industry may move forward on this matter.
On day to day matters Dean leads our teams for clients on Planning Applications through out the country advising on all technical aspects of planning such as:
Air quality
Ecology
Flooding and drainage
Ground conditions
Highways
Noise
Utilities
Waste issues (nutrients and water usage)
Job Titles:
- Technical Director, Highways, Environmental and Transition Group
Experience:
Richard is a respected, published, and knowledgeable technical and engineering professional with over 23 years' experience in the private and public sectors, mainly dealing in large-scale regeneration and strategic greenfield site preparation and delivery through planning and construction.
Richard has a trusted background of developing and managing high-performing collaborative multidisciplinary teams on a wide range of prominent and complex industrial and residential-led development sites and infrastructure works.
Richard's technical excellence focuses on commercially creative solutions; advising and delivering on funding/viability mechanisms; considering a wide range of technical, planning, and legal due diligence and commissioning/managing services and works; developing policy, writing guidance and best practice.
Richard has detailed experience of leading investigations and unlocking sites with a range of issues, including:
Air quality
Ecology
Flooding and drainage
Ground conditions (contamination and mining)
Heritage
Highways
Noise
Utilities
Waste issues
Job Titles:
- Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Job Titles:
- Associate Director
- Associate Director, Development Management Group
Fran is an Associate Director in our Development Management Team with a strong background in the technical and design side of residential developments and major strategic infrastructure. Having worked for a volume UK housebuilder, Fran has worked on several major infrastructure projects across the south west and understands the clients needs of delivering projects in a cost effective and timely manner. Fran brings drive and determination to her work and has extensive connections within the local highways, water authorities and utility companies.
Fran leads a number of Brookbanks' major development projects from planning, design and delivery, through site/development parcel sales to ensuring the ongoing management of completed developments and their associated infrastructure. Currently this involves delivery residential, mixed use, primary and secondary schools, and a community center.
Experience:
George has years of experience in development infrastructure cost planning and overall project viability/cash flow forecasting and has worked with many blue chip developers, land promoters at pre-contract stage to support land sales/purchases or general viability advice
He has taken a lead role in project cost and viability disputes, again working for both developer and land owners to support his clients and try to reach a resolution and cost closure where possible.
George has taken projects through from tender stage to contractor appointment, then through to on-site delivery and commercial management.
He is currently working on both civil and structural projects including the £27m A45 bridge project in Coventry to provide access for a large proposed mixed-use development, the £2m primary school extension and a £12m indoor leisure centre down at another large mixed-use development in Sherford.
Ismail likes to skateboard and has a pet tortoise called Tortellini
Job Titles:
- Consultant at Brookbanks
- Graduate Consultant
Experience:
Jaskaran is a graduate consultant at Brookbanks, working in the commercial team. He has come though the Brookbanks Graduate Programme, spending time in each department across the business. Having studied Quantity Surveying and Commercial Construction Management at University, Jaskaran is determined to provide value for our clients.
Jaskaran works across various projects, specialising in cost plans and cost appraisals, helping to drive client developments.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director at Brookbanks
- Associate Director, Civil Engineering Group
Experience:
Joe is an Associate Director at Brookbanks and has a keen interest in anything civils design. He is proficient in on-parcel engineering works, earthworks cut and fill assessments, detailed highway design and detailed drainage design and thrives on problem solving when faced with complex engineering tasks.
He is a capable lead engineer and is comfortable managing others and working as part of a team with other consultancies/stakeholders. This is evidenced by his work in Sherford where he has been heavily involved through the last four phases of development and has been key in delivering a number of approvals.
Joe has recently taken up long distance running and has his eyes on Paris 2024.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Cost and Commercial Group
Experience:
John-Michael is an Associate Commercial Director at Brookbanks, working on both financial and project management functions, including:
Job Titles:
- Group Commercial Director, Cost and Commercial Group
Experience:
Jon is the Group Commercial Director of Brookbanks. He has extensive experience of all commercial and contractual matters associated with delivering large infrastructure schemes both in the UK and overseas.
With over 30 years of experience, Jon has gained hands on experience of all the major forms of contract, public procurement policies and commercial strategies to successfully deliver infrastructure schemes on time and on budget. In undertaking these roles Jon has developed tools for the successful planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting of infrastructure costs.
Jon has also worked extensively in contract claims and disputes in all formats of dispute resolution in the UK and overseas.
Job Titles:
- Project Consultant - Flood Risk and Drainage
Experience:
Katherine works on planning applications for flood risk and drainage, covering initial site appraisals, flood risk assessments, flood modelling, surface water drainage strategy plans and environmental statement chapters.
Katherine has a Master's degree in River Environments and their Management from the University of Birmingham.
Within the HET department she covers Lighting Assessments, Waste Reports, Nutrient Assessments and GIS mapping.
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Office Manager
Experience:
Kay is our Office Manager at Brookbanks. She has 30+ years' experience in administration/ secretarial/office management and has been working for Brookbanks now for 15 years.
Kay is responsible for the day-to-day accounting for the company, including all sales, purchasing and payroll. Kay also manages the administration team and the day-to-day running of the offices, along with Amy Taylor.
Kay is a member of the Brookbanks Leadership Team, where she supports and works alongside the Senior Management Team. Kay ensures that all tasks are completed in a timely manner and strives to deliver the best possible quality in everything she does.
Job Titles:
- Group Director for Highways, Environment and Transition
Experience:
Lee is the Group Director for Highways, Environment and Transition at Brookbanks, bringing an extensive track record of successful delivery of strategic land though both planning promotion and permission. Lee's approach to technical-led planning is outcome-focused, meaning that even from the early stages of site promotion, the designs, strategies and innovations are ‘disposal-ready'. This approach retains the value of the land with the client.
Lee either leads or coordinates all projects through the sequence of land finding, planning promotion, planning application and site disposal.
Lee brings 25 years' experience of working in private sector consultancies, undertaking sector-spanning work in both the UK and overseas. Previous career highlights include designing elements the Nottingham Express Transit system, external works for the Heathrow Airport expansion, resident site engineer for a £50M packaging plant extension and technical assessor for a $6M natural disaster compensation claim in Australia. At Brookbanks, Lee draws on previous experiences to successfully deliver many planning consents ensuring that the transportation, environment and infrastructure elements are market-leading, innovative and cost-effective.
Job Titles:
- Director, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Group
Lucy was awarded the Hoare Lea prize from her University for achieving the highest mark of her year, and was later presented with the national HAC graduate of the Year in 2000.
She is a talented mechanical engineer who delivers successful projects across a range of sectors. Her ambition and drive are clear to see in every project she undertakes, presenting high quality, creative solutions for refurbishments, fit-outs and new build schemes.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate Commercial Director at Brookbanks
- Senior Associate Director, Cost and Commercial Group
Experience:
Mark is the Senior Associate Commercial Director at Brookbanks, with a wide-ranging background in commercial delivery. Focused on the details of every aspect of a project from procurement strategy, programming and value engineering to cost-focused contract management and delivery, Mark works closely with our clients, third-party contractors and suppliers to achieve quality while ensuring cost and programme efficiency.
He leads the commercial response on a number of our residential-led developments and infrastructure projects, working alongside the planning, technical and construction teams through the design and delivery phases.
Through a 35+ year career working for national and regional home builders and construction companies, Mark has worked on many projects across England delivering smaller housing developments, rural and urban sites and new communities. Mark has held a number of senior commercial roles working throughout the development process from land acquisition to site completion with an operational and strategic focus.
Mark is a keen walker, aspiring guitarist and long-time Arsenal fan.
Job Titles:
- Director of Utilities
- Technical Director of Utilities / Head of Northern Office
Experience
Mat is the Director of Utilities in our HET Team and has 13 years' experience working across utility consultancy and client roles focusing on planning, procuring, and delivering utility infrastructure to developments. Mat has worked on a wide range of schemes from large mixed use urban extension, across commercial and logistics schemes to bespoke self-build projects.
Having worked across a range of business roles including business development, technical advisory and delivery management, Mat understands how important thorough utility infrastructure masterplanning is to a project to ensure that utilities are delivered on time and on budget.
The drive towards reducing carbon use and the electrification of heat are bringing about significant change within the utility industry. As networks reach capacity and require reinforcement, having a pro-active and comprehensive utility strategy for the delivery any size project is critical to the successful delivery of construction projects. Mat is enthusiastic about supporting clients and uses his varied experience to advise clients across a range of issues including:
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Electrical Engineering
Job Titles:
- Director at Brookbanks
- Director of Transportation / Head of Eastern Office
Melanie is a Director at Brookbanks leading the Transportation Team advising on all Highway and Transportation matters required to secure a planning consent.
Melanie has over 30 years' experience in highways and transportation working both in the public and private sectors. With her extensive experience brings an excellent record of highway planning approvals. Melanie provides highway advice from initial concept through to planning including where needed input into discharging post planning conditions. She is committed to providing a cost-effective, high-quality service to ensure that all of the clients' aspirations are met.
Melanie has worked on a vast number of different projects which include residential development sites both small and large strategic sites, Retail (food & non-food), Education, Childrens' Day Nurseries, Energy from Waste sites, Commercial and large industrial developments.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Mechanical Engineering
Job Titles:
- Technical Director, Civil Engineering Group
Mike started his professional career in 1995, working within the highways and drainage department at Poole Borough Council, delivering capital highway and drainage improvement schemes; through this time gaining a expansive understanding of the public sector design process and contract procurement through to delivery.
Since this point, he has developed his private sector career over the past 20 years in working in all sectors of the industry, including Local Authority, Main Contractor and Consultancy. His main work areas have been within the industrial and residential sectors and he has worked at all scales, from small single unit residential schemes, up to strategic land development, major urban expansion sites and major distribution parks.
He has wide ranging experience and knowledge of land assessments, from engineering advice related to development constraints, ground conditions (including earthworks \ ground improvement) and potential abnormal costs, to planning requirements particularly related to SuDS and Flood Risk.
Outside of work, Mike enjoys walking the Dorset countryside at weekends and is a fair weather windsurfer!
Job Titles:
- Technical Director, Civil Engineering Group
Experience:
Mike is the Technical Director at Brookbanks, with expertise in management of design programmes including contractual and commercial management of schemes, focussing on Client needs and delivering works to meet programme requirements with consideration of the best value approach.
Mike leads the Civil Engineering teams and has ownership of a number of Brookbanks' projects, varying in responsibilities over the complete lifecycle of the works with consideration at concept stage, through planning to detailed design and site support until handover, ensuring the successful management of completed developments and their associated infrastructure.
Through a 25+ year career in the construction industry, Mike has gained experience and knowledge in a variety of sectors (including highways, light rail and heavy rail) delivering multi-disciplinary projects as well as site management of works. He has undertaken schemes on behalf of local authorities, National Highways, private developers, Network Rail and the Midland Metro Alliance.
Job Titles:
- Technical Director / Head of London Office
Paul has significant experience in the museum, gallery and archive sectors having spent almost 25 years leading and designing many major projects. His appointments range in sizes up to over £50m, encompassing public exhibition spaces, the technically sensitive laboratory, preservation and storage areas.
Qualifications: MBA Bsc (Hons) CEng MIET
Job Titles:
- Production Director, Development Management Group
Experience:
Trained with Wimpey Construction based out of the Midlands region.
Richard is the Production Director at Brookbanks, with a strong background in Construction Management delivering key strategic developments. He's driven to produce the best results for our clients in respect of key deadlines in the most effective construction methods and management. Programming best practices to ensure production elements are driven to meet clients' requirements.
Richard forms a key role within the Development Team delivering major development projects from key design approval to management of completed developments and their associated infrastructure. This involvement provides key infrastructure for residential, mixed use and commercial operations including, utility provision retail, primary and secondary schools.
Through a 43+ year career, Richard has worked on some of the largest structures managing the construction and production teams, assisting in the designing and delivering major development sites across the UK, the Middle East and Europe. Richard is currently focused on delivering large infrastructure for new towns and completion of live development sites and new communities.
This lifecycle experience has been invaluable for high-quality project management, ensuring the balance of quality and quantity. Richard prides himself in encouraging his staff to excel in their roles and providing a very personal relationship with our clients.
Job Titles:
- Group Operations and Engineering Director
Job Titles:
- Director, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Group
With over 35 years experience in the industry, Robert brings and exceptional level of knowledge and insight to all his projects.
Throughout his professional career he has led an extensive number and range of schemes n both the public and private sectors.
Robert's attention to detail is exceptional and his eye for agile, efficient designs benefits every stage of the project. As well as leading many of our projects, Robert also carries out QA checks on every M&E design we undertake.
Qualifications: HND MIET
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate Director, Civil Engineering Group
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate Director, Civil Engineering Group