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Amey has appointed a new Business Director to take responsibility for its local authority contracts.
Taking responsibility for contracts in Staffordshire, Kent, Trafford and Surrey, plus Amey’s UK-wide traffic management team, George Pargeter will join Amey in February 2022.
Pargeter joins Amey from a 27-year career at Balfour Beatty, where he was most recently Project Director for the South East. Responsible for major schemes on behalf of National Highways, such as the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury, M20 Project Brock and Lower Thames Crossing Pre-Enabling Work, Pargeter brings considerable project delivery experience from initial contract negotiations through to successful completion and handover.
Having managed a wide range of civil engineering projects in the UK and internationally, he has worked extensively with national and local government agencies throughout his career.
Speaking about the appointment, Andy Denman, Highways and Waste Collections Sector Director, said: “I am delighted George is joining my leadership team at Amey. With a wealth of experience and knowledge of the highways industry, George brings with him new approaches to providing more efficient services, which will deliver greater social impact and environmental benefits to our clients, customers and communities.”
Pargeter added: “This is an incredibly exciting time in the highways industry, where we are all faced with significant challenges to adapt how we work. Wrestling with stretched budgets, increasing customer expectations, delivering net zero targets amongst many others, this is an opportune time for the private and public sector to collaborate and develop innovative approaches to tackling and overcoming future policy and political developments.”
Delivering a vast portfolio of services with local authorities, Amey’s capabilities span highways maintenance and management, traffic management, highways construction and the provision of waste management.
FMJ in conjunction with Grundon Waste Management have launched the 2022 survey into how FMs approach their waste management and recycling responsibilities.
It’s the fifth year for the annual appraisal, and as we return to normal, there is a real opportunity for FMs to reappraise their waste and recycling operations and look at new, smarter waste management strategies.
In order to understand how FMs have navigated their way through the last year and their plans for meeting stringent waste and recycling targets we’ve posed a series of questions which include insights into FMs’ waste management strategy and targets, such as zero waste and landfill, the types of waste organisations produce and what helps FMs promote waste management in their organisations?
Please share your experiences and opinions on waste management. The survey will take just five minutes to complete, and as a thank you for taking part, respondents will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 Amazon gift card.
To take part click here.
