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Consultants
Mike Davies has joined PCM Safety, a specialist safety services provider, as a senior planning supervisor. He will be based in Clerkenwell and joins the company after spending four years at AYH in a similar role.

McBains Cooper has appointed Adrian Bates director of cost management in its London office. Previously Bates managed his own multidisciplinary consultancy.

Architect Sheppard Robson has named two new partners: Lee Bennett, who joined the company in 2002, and Alan Shingler, who is currently director of sustainability at the company.

Multidisciplinary firm Terence O’Rourke has appointed Tim Rogers geographical information systems assistant.

Contractor
Eric Stobart will succeed Lord Selsdon as chairman of MJ Gleeson's renumeration committee. Selsdon retired from the contractor last week.

Institution
The Chartered Institute of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV has made Roger Flanagan, professor of construction management at Reading University its 103rd president. Flanagan is also a member of Skanska’s board of directors and a non-executive member of engineer Halcrow’s board of directors.

Olympic Delivery Authority
The ODA is set to hire a troubleshooter this month to prevent disputes on the 2012 projects. Peter Chapman, an arbitrator and barrister, has been tipped as chairman of the ODA's dispute resolution panel.