Our Team
The Verbus System is an innovative creation of two experienced organisations.
Buro Happold
Established by Ted Happold in 1976, Buro Happold is a multi-disciplinary international practice of consulting engineers, with expertise in civil and structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, quantity surveying, building services and environmental engineering, health and safety management, infrastructure and traffic engineering, ground engineering, façade engineering, fire engineering, computational fluid dynamics analysis, disability design consultancy, project management, urban design and a range of specialist CAD services. The practice has won numerous awards for its work, including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, and, in 1999, the MacRobert award.
www.burohappold.com
George & Harding Construction Ltd
George & Harding was established in 1867, as a partnership between Henry Harding and Charles George. George & Harding’s core capabilities include the design, construction and off-site fabrication of buildings and their infrastructure, as well as the re-fitting of interiors and exhibition stands. The company provides total project management solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each client and is committed to delivering projects on time, on budget and free of defects.
www.george-and-harding.co.uk
Verbus Systems is lead by a highly experienced management team, made up of directors Colin Harding, Rod Macdonald, Paul Blackmore, David Heather and Paul Rollett.
Colin Harding - BSc (Tech) Hons, PPCIOB
A true pioneer of the modern construction industry, Colin was a graduate of UMIST’s first construction degree course. He became managing director of the family business George & Harding in 1968, building on the firms’ traditional heritage to create a modern and innovative business. Colin was a founding member of the Movement for Innovation (M4I), set up by Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, as well as a past president of the Chartered Institute of Building and a regular columnist for Building magazine.
Rod Macdonald CEng, FICE, FIStructE
Rod is a founding Partner and Chairman of Buro Happold, a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a past president of ACE. He has taken a leading role in the development of Buro Happold, and his projects in the UK include BBC White City; Battersea Power Station; Millennium Point, Birmingham; The Lowry, Salford and Ocean Village, Southampton.
Paul Blackmore - B(Eng) Hons 1st
Paul is the Managing Director of Verbus and brings great experience in Logistics, Manufacturing and Finance to the team. The last 10 years have been spent working for the Saint Gobain Group in various roles including Manufacturing Plant Management, Building Material Distribution, overseas supplier identification and approval (Europe, Asia, South America) and Financial Management. Paul has a track record of successes in environments where traditional barriers may need to be repositioned.
David Heather
Over the last twenty-four years, at Director and Vice President level, David has been involved in the creation and development of three businesses specialising in freight shipping equipment transport. He has worked and contracted with 34 individual manufacturing companies, in more than twenty countries, for the manufacture and supply of over 200,000 units of mixed design volumetric freight transport, which, in turn, have been distributed to customers on a worldwide basis.
Paul Rollett FCILT
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. International experience in manufacturing and supply chain management. Engineering line management in the automotive and steel industry. Advised some of the world’s largest transportation companies on the introduction of new operating concepts. Deployed global supply chain transformation programmes for automotive component suppliers, discrete manufacturers, chemical, and CPG, energy and pharmaceutical companies.
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