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By Tom Lowe2021-01-22T11:13:00+00:00
Firm also promotes its area director to key regional role
Galliford Try has nabbed a former HS2 joint venture director for its new operations director and promoted its former area director to a key regional role.
David Lowery has been poached from an executive director role at Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EKFB), one of HS2’s four main contractors.
Simon Courtney (left) and David Lowery
Lowery, who has a 20-year career in civil engineering under his belt, will be responsible for Galliford Try’s relationship with Highways England.
His three and a half years working for EKFB followed a nine-and-a-half-year stint at Carillion, where he was responsible for delivering the A1 Leeming to Barton highways upgrade before leaving the contractor in September 2017, four months before its collapse.
Galliford Try poaches HS2 JV boss
Simon Courtney (l) and David Lowery (r)
Galliford Try has announced it has poached David Lowery, executive director of the Eiffage / Kier / Ferrovial / Bam JV working on HS2, to a new key role.
Lowery has been announced as the firm’s infrastructure business operations director and will have responsibility for its relationship with Highways England.
Construction News revealed last year that Galliford Try Infrastructure was the 13th biggest supplier to Highways England in the 2019/20 financial year with a spend of £52m. The Costain / Galliford Try smart motorway joint venture was the seventh biggest construction firm working for the roads body, with £112m of spend in the year.