Vince Lydon to head up new division which includes specialist projects

Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 former deputy managing director for its London business is teaming up with his old boss to head up a newly created construction management division at McLaren.

Vince Lydon will join up with Paul Heather at the near 拢1bn turnover firm nearly 18 months after he left McAlpine.

At the time, McAlpine said Lydon, who was second in command to Heather at McAlpine鈥檚 London business before Heather left three years ago, was taking early retirement.

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Vince Lydon left McAlpine last year after eight years

But he has now been appointed managing director of its construction management and specialist projects division and will focus on large scale real estate and public sector projects.

Heather said: 鈥淎 new division focused on large scale projects and programmes will see us develop our capabilities in construction management and adapt to an evolving market.

鈥淨uality of construction and stable profitability continue to be two of our highest priorities and with Vince Lydon at the helm of the new division in addition to our existing senior team we will quickly expand into delivering more of the largest and most exciting projects across the UK.鈥

The firm鈥檚 executive chairman Kevin Taylor added that the new business will 鈥渞espond to increasing demand for our services and mobilise all our teams for a resurgence in sectors such as residential development鈥.

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Lydon spent 15 years at Bovis, later Lendlease, where he led major projects for BAA, Stanhope and the Crown Estate, and worked on delivery of the 拢1.1bn Olympic athletes鈥 village before leaving for Balfour Beatty in 2012. He joined McAlpine three years later.

He is the latest high-profile former McAlpine director to join McLaren with its previous London commercial director Paul Spiller arriving last November to become group commercial director.