Crossrail has poached a member of Davis Langdon鈥檚 sustainability team as preparatory work for the 拢16bn project intensifies
Mike de Silva has been recruited by US engineer Bechtel, which is acting as the client鈥檚 delivery partner on the cross-London link.
De Silva was an associate of Davis Langdon鈥檚 management consulting arm, and was involved in the firm鈥檚 own Crossrail bid. He will take up his role in Crossrail鈥檚 sustainability team on 7 September. His previous roles in the infrastructure sector include environmental manager on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
The move is part of a trend in the industry of clients working in relatively buoyant areas poaching staff from consultants, many of whom have had to cut wages. Turner & Townsend is understood to have lost a member of its health and safety team to Tesco in recent weeks and, in June, Jim O鈥橬eill, Currie & Brown鈥檚 head of nuclear work, moved to Rolls鈥揜oyce.
John Connaughton, head of management consulting at Davis Langdon, said: 鈥淢ike鈥檚 extensive experience in the infrastructure sector means he is ideally placed to play a major role in improving the sustainability of a major project like Crossrail. We wish him every success.鈥�
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