Will Smith joins Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick from Cumming, a quantity surveying and project management business, where he was UK & Europe chief executive.
Previously, he was UK managing director of Spie, the French M&E group.
Will Smith replaces Simon Lafferty, who has moved on after 35 years with the company.
Mark Bullock, chief executive of Balfour Beatty UK Construction Services, said of the new man: 鈥淏ringing together his wealth of knowledge and expertise, he will drive our electrical and mechanical business forward; supporting the safe and successful delivery of schemes across the UK.鈥
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