Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright has appointed its first operations director for London and the South East. Paul Featherston, who began his career as an apprentice electrician, has 25 years' experience in building services, including the previous six as operations director for one of the UK's largest M&E contractors where he delivered multi-million pound projects in the schools, commercial, data centre and residential sectors.
He has already handled the opening of the award-winning company's first London office at Apex 1, 1 Northumberland Avenue in Trafalgar Square (Tel: 020 78725522).
From his base at the new office, Mr Featherston will be responsible for developing new business opportunities and supporting existing contracts in the hotel, residential, commercial and leisure sectors, as well as recruiting new designers and contract engineers to meet the company's renowned design and build capabilities.
These have resulted in major contract successes in London including a £10 million deal to equip the new City Inn Tower of London and the fit-out of more than 500 new homes in a number of major capital regeneration projects.
J S Wright, which was founded in 1890, is a specialist provider of mechanical services to the hotel, residential, student accommodation, extra care, leisure and commercial building sectors. It was the winner of the first Building Sustainable Design (BSD) M&E Contractor of the Year Award in 2009.