Meet the Team

Bruce Hawes ACIOB

Managing Director

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Bruce is a conscientious and professional Managing Director with extensive experience in the construction industry. He is highly motivated, efficient and his thorough and precise approach to projects has yielded excellent results.

Quality is of paramount importance to Bruce and his goal for the business is simple
– “to be the best at what we do”.

• Extensive knowledge and experience of construction
• Dedication to execute the company’s business strategies
• High standard of management skills
• Efficient delegator
• Problem solver and strategic client advisor
• Standard setter and leader by example

Experience

• Managing Director – Hawes Building Ltd
• Project Manager – Balfour Beatty Construction (freelance)
• Contracts Director – Protech Construction (UK)
• Site Manager / Contracts Manager – Walter Llewellyn & Sons
• Bricklayer – Self-Employed

Skills Training

• City & Guilds Advanced Craft Bricklaying
• Bridge Course in Building Studies
• HNC in Building Studies
• CIOB Member parts 1 & 2
• SMSTS CSCS Black Contract Managers
• UKATA Asbestos Awareness

Sarra Hawes

Company Director

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Sarra Joined Walter Llewellyn & Sons Ltd in 1988 as a Management Trainee and after completing her training became a Site Engineer/Manager, running a wide variety of contracts all over the South East of the UK.

Alongside starting a family in 1999, Sarra worked as a part-time Tenant Liaison Officer, based on site, up until 2003. Sarra then worked at David Johns Associates as a Surveyor/Office Assistant until 2005.

Following a family career break, Sarra founded Hawes Building Limited, alongside her husband Bruce Hawes (Managing Director), in April 2013. At Hawes, Sarra has the responsibility of overseeing financial matters, Business Development, Staff Training, and contract co-ordination.

Experience

• Director – Hawes Building Ltd
• Surveyor/Office Assistant – David Johns Associates
• Site Engineer/Manager – Walter Llewellyn & Sons
• Management trainee – Walter Llewellyn & Sons

Skills Training

• Skills Training
• OND in Building Studies
• HNC in Building Studies
• First aid at work
• Ukata Asbestos awareness
• White CSCS Professionally Qualified Person card
• SMSTS
• NVQ7 Senior Construction Management

Nick Newton

Contract Manager

With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, Nick brings specialist insight to all levels of fit out and refurbishment projects. He is both industrious and customer focussed ensuring all projects are run to a high standard, meeting the client’s expectations and maintaining a high level of attention to detail.

With most of his career spent within the specialist fit out sector, Nick is an essential team here at Hawes Building where he brings a good humoured but professional approach to his work.

Nick has a vast knowledge of the fitout sector and how to achieve the best results. With an eye for detail, Nick is adaptable in his approach and ultimately customer focussed.

Experience

• Contracts Manager – Hawes Building Ltd
• Contracts Manager – Trott Interiors
• Site Manager – Integra Interiors Ltd
• Partner Interior – Systems Fit Out Specialist

Skills Training

• SMSTS
• CSCS GOLD Supervisor
• Asbestos awareness
• First Aid
• PASMA

Keith Robertson

Surveyor

Born in Jamaica in 1964, moving to Greater London with his family aged 7, Keith started his 34 year construction industry career as a construction management trainee experiencing and learning the aspects of contracts management, site management and quantity surveying, eventually choosing to pursue the latter and completing qualifications along the way.

He has commercially managed some very prominent, interesting and varied projects such as a 3 year PSA measured term contract in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew valued at £3 million, a H4H Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court valued at £9 million, a maintenance term at the Royal Courts of Justice valued at £3 million, as well as many others across the commercial and residential public and private sectors, with credit and success.

Keith’s interests include:

• West Indies cricket and Liverpool football
• Jamaican history and culture
• Bob Marley and reggae music
• Cooking and baking
• True crime
• 20th century and war history

Skills Training

• BTEC ONC Building Studies
• BTEC HNC Building Studies
• CIOB Part 1
• CSCS registered

Keith’s approach is to:

• Be collaborative and establish good working relationships
• Be efficient and competent in all he does with integrity

Richard Knight

Site Manager

Richard has been involved in the building industry all his working life, throughout this country and abroad. Initially as a time served carpenter progressing to a senior site manager.

Management and co-ordination of all aspects of construction activities and a comprehensive knowledge of all associated trades within a building project from fruition to completion within set times, dates and constraints.

Richard has worked with budgets ranging from £100,000 to £15m and managing up to 100 workers depending on size and stage of programme.

Richard has worked on a variety of projects for Whitbread ranging from the preservation of an 18^th-century cottage and farm buildings to form a new bar-restaurant on the isle of Wight to building a new five storey hotel and ground floor restaurant in Southend.

Experience

• Site Manager – Hawes Building Ltd
• Site Manager – Ellis Building
• Senior Site Manager – Carter Lauren Construction
• Site Manager – Bell Frampton Ltd

Skills Training

• HND Building Studies
• CSCS (PQP)
• CITB SMSTS
• City & Guilds and advanced in Carpentry & Joinery

Alvar Forrest

Site Manager

Alvar is a self-motivated and energetic construction site manager that has managed jobs up to £1m or larger projects as part of a site management team up to £5m.

Involved in the day to day managing of all areas of a project from pre-start to handover. He is an effective planner and studies the information flow in detail to ensure site works progress in a timely and efficient manner.

Fully versed in the procedures and requirements place upon contractors within the modern construction industry, Alvar’s can do attitude and professionalism can only be considered an asset to any project.

Experience

• Site Manager – Hawes Building Ltd
• Site Manager – Assistant Site Manager
• Bricklayer Foreman
• General Operative/Bricklayer Improver
• Ellis Building Contractors

Skills Training

• NCFE Level2 Diploma in Team Leading
• SMSTS
• NVQ Level 4 Diploma construction Site Supervision
• NVQ Bricklaying Intermediate Level Merit
• CSCS GOLD Supervisor
• Asbestos awareness
• First Aid at Work
• PASMA

Nick West

Contracts Manager.

Nick has over 40 years’ experience in the construction industry, having previously worked in roles including Contracts Manager, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. His experience of providing a high-quality service to private and public clients fits perfectly with Hawes Construction Group’s values of professionalism and delivering the best possible service.

He has worked in various areas of the construction industry, and has expertise in every stage of the construction process. Nick is a proactive, innovative, and diligent manager, with a genuine desire to complete every project to the highest standard, on time and on budget.

Experience

• Contracts Manager – Hawes Construction Group
• Project Manager – Sovereign Construction Ltd
• Senior Project Manager – Midas Construction Ltd
• Contracts Manager – Ellis Building Contractors Ltd
• Operations Manager – Galliford Try
• Project & Contracts Manager – James Longley (Kier)
• Assistant Site Manager to Project Manager – Costain Construction

Skills and Training

• BSc (Hons) Building Administration
• CSCS Platinum
• Behavioural Safety Trained
• ASFP – Passive Fire Protection
• PASMA
• SMSTS
• First Aid