CEW Board
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson has chaired CEW for two years and is construction programme director for the Assembly Government. He says, “The main goal of CEW is to disseminate best practice within the industry using the Latham and Egan reports as its basis. The big issue facing us is embracing change, collaborative ways of working and benchmarking performance.”
Calvin Snook
Calvin Snook, head of business transformation at Chandler KBS has been on the board since 2004. “The big issue we face is that beliefs and behaviours in the industry have to change and be more adaptable to supporting collaborative relationships,” said Calvin.
Chris Gray
Chris Gray is chairman and managing director for C. D. Gray & Associates and a board member for six months. “The goal of CEW is to improve the performance of everyone in the construction industry and the board’s role is to help get the message across that a collaborative and partnered approach to working is the best way forward.”
Iwan Jenkins
Iwan Jenkins is an associate at Morgan Cole and a board member since April 2008. He says that: “The role of this board is to support CEW in achieving its goal and to be the ‘shop window’ for the industry in Wales. The biggest issue is to meet the Egan agenda against the backdrop of slower economic growth.”
Andrew Wedlake
Andrew Wedlake is operations manager for Morrison Construction. A board member for nearly two years, he is the chairman of the South Wales CE Club. “I believe the biggest issue facing us is the impending recession and the challenge for everyone to maintain to avoid a return to lowest price tendering and traditional adversarial contracts.”
Mark Watkin-Jones
Mark Watkin-Jones is group managing director of Watkin Jones Group, based in Bangor. He is a new board member and sees CEW’s role as maintaining and improving quality standards. “My big concern is the impact the economic slowdown will have on existing businesses and its long term effect on people entering the industry,” comments Mark.
Rhodri Gwynn Jones
Rhodri-Gwynn Jones has been involved with construction for over 35 years, most of which he spent in local government, latterly as executive director-environment with Bridgend County Borough Council. He is a chartered engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was appointed director and secretary of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Wales) Ltd. He joined the CEW board in April 2008.
Keith Jones
Keith Jones is director, Institution of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru, representing over 3,300 Civil Engineers in Wales and a board member since spring 2009. Before being appointed director of the ICE he was operational manager highways at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, where he was responsible for all highways and maintenance operations including management of the DSO contractor contracting unit.