Contractor

Balfour Beatty Construction has appointed Colin Smith safety, quality and environmental director.

Housebuilders

Edward Milner has joined Gleeson Homes (North-west) as commercial manager, based in the Blackburn office.

Pegasus Retirement Homes has appointed Adrian Stokes, formerly with Virgin Western, commercial manager.

Retirement homes specialist McCarthy & Stone has appointed Howard Phillips operations director North.

Consultants

Catherine Tondelli has joined architect and planner Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo as director of business development.

Geoffrey Palmer, formerly director of Roger Preston & Partners’ Hong Kong office, has returned to the UK to head the firm’s technical groups.

Kevin Hays has joined the Manchester office of Mouchel Consulting. He will be responsible for contract and dispute services in the North-west. Barry Milton joins the West Byfleet office.

Howard, the property developer and investor, has appointed Brian Madden group finance director.

Architect and designer Child Graddon Lewis has promoted Graham Norman and Stuart Marsland to associates.

John Miller has joined law firm Burness as head of its capital projects group.

Institutions

Schüco chief executive Friedhelm Stellet has been made president of the Council for Aluminium in ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV.

The National House ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Council has appointed financial director Richard Tamayo and group operations director Rod MacEachrane to the main board.

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Wales has made Keith Edwards director.

Suppliers

Plant and site services firm AMPL has appointed Phillip Hughes manager of its newly opened Chelmsford depot.

SGB Rovacabin has appointed Simon Turner, formerly with SGB Youngman, marketing manager.

Andy Shaw has been made chief chemist at Aldershot-based fire protection and acoustic control products manufacturer Firespray International.