Gleeds has announced the appointment of Paul Allen as business development director, based out of the firm’s Atlanta office in the USA.

Gleeds has been selected by the Department of Transport (DfT) to advise on its Specialist Technical and Commercial Advice for Rail and other Transport modes (STAR2) framework.

Following a successful 18-month contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Gleeds has been retained by the capital’s force to implement its innovative ‘performance management system’, working well into next year.

Gleeds has marked the end of the first phase of works for Nottingham College’s £58 million City Hub scheme, on which it is appointed as cost manager and project monitor as well as providing additional support to the project management team, with an exclusive topping out ceremony.