By Dave Rogers2021-04-27T09:22:00+01:00
Andrew Wolstenholme was criticised by politicians after it emerged scheme would miss opening deadline and be billions over budget
Laing O’Rourke has brought former Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme back into frontline construction by making him the firm’s group technical director.
The 62-year-old will report to group chief executive Ray O’Rourke when he starts his role next week and has also been appointed to the company’s group executive committee.
Andrew Wolstenholme starts next week as the firm’s group technical director
Ray O’Rourke said: “His knowledge of our sector will ensure our engineering and innovation are seamlessly integrated with operational discipline and client connectivity.”
Former Crossrail CEO Andrew Wolstenholme has joined Laing O’Rourke as technical director
Laing O’Rourke has appointed former Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme as its new group technical director.
Wolstenholme will report directly to chief executive Ray O’Rourke and lead the contractor’s delivery of technical work, enhance its digital capability as well as its health and safety priorities, the company said in a statement.
He is set to start his new role next week, having already worked for Laing O’Rourke in an advisory capacity assisting in technical complexities of major projects. He replaces outgoing group digital and technical director Damien Buie.
Norfolk Smuggler Family Cruiser For Sale in Cork Harbour is an Appealing Proposition
26th April 2021
Cuna Mara is ashore in Crosshaven Co Cork. She has been in the family for the last 20 years and is a very stable platform for family cruising. A traditional look with the comfort of a modern boat
Credit: Nigel Young
In his almost-under-the-radar way of working, Andrew Wolstenholme is one of the most versatile boat designers practising the art of putting interesting craft afloat. All he seems to ask of clients is that they don’t request a run-of-the-mill vessel of orthodox invisibility. Thus there’s certainly no way that the gaff-cutter-rigged Norfolk Smuggler - which he designed for select Norfolk-based series-builder Neil Thompson - will not stand out in an unusual and attractive way in any anchorage or marina, even when there are other boats of the same general “modern-take-on-traditional-concept” to be seen nearby.