Back
Connolly Welcomes Three New Managers
Wigan-based contractor A Connolly Ltd has welcomed three new employees to its team as it continues to grow its offer to the commercial sector and to expand its geographic reach beyond the North West.
The new appointments will help the family business, which has built a solid reputation within the social housing sector over the past 35 years, to diversify and drive forward its strategic changes.
Social housing refurbishment and maintenance contracts will remain at the core of the company’s operation, but it will also be looking to secure new workstreams outside of its traditional remit in areas such as commercial refurbishment and fit-out projects.
Ian Curme has taken up the newly created role of pre-construction manager and will take the lead on securing new-build, commercial refurbishment and development opportunities. He will be looking for land-led new-build schemes with social landlords, as well as contracts for refurbishing commercial premises, care homes extensions and general contracting and build projects.
Prior to joining Connolly, Curme, who has 25 years’ experience within the sector, was head of commercial at an EWI contractor in Bradford. He has also previously worked as a chief estimator for Forrest.
“Connolly is a forward thinking, enthusiastic company and this new role is a great opportunity to assist the growth of the business and set up new service lines,” he said.
“It has a little bit of history in delivering new-build, and a little bit of history in delivering contracts outside of social housing but it is looking to build on its initial dalliances with these service lines to make it an established offering.”
Jonathan Mayoh has joined as senior project manager and is responsible for developing housing planned refurbishment opportunities in the Rochdale, Oldham and West Yorkshire areas.
He will also lead on Leeds City Council’s new roofing framework, which Connolly was recently appointed to. It is one of four contractors selected for the framework, which will support planned refurbishment of the council’s housing stock and will run for four years with an option to extend.
Mayoh has worked in the construction sector since joining his father’s firm at the age of 16. He later gained a BSC (Hons) in Building Surveying at the University of Northumbria and spent 13 years at BAAS Construction in Burnley prior to joining Connolly.
New procurement manager Ian Greaves’ role involves managing the procurement strategy for the whole business and engaging with local and national material supply chains.
As well as reducing supply chain costs Greaves will be setting up new storage systems at Connolly’s Wigan headquarters and ensuring that materials waste is kept to a minimum.
Previously a director at Benchmark Building Supplies Ltd Greaves has worked for contractors including Rok and spent 20 years at an independent merchants in Bolton, working his way up from a position in the yard to procurement manager.
“We are delighted to welcome Ian, Jonathan and Ian to the team at A Connolly Ltd,” said Chris Connolly, commercial director. “They bring with them a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the sector.
“Their expertise will prove invaluable to us as we continue to explore new commercial and fit out opportunities and deliver more services in North Wales and Yorkshire.
“We have developed a reputation within the social housing sector as a contractor that builds relationships, improves lives and becomes part of the communities in which it works. Those values will remain very much at the heart of the business as we further develop our workstreams and move into new neighbourhoods.”