Head of 100-strong business targets staff of 125 over next couple of years
Rider Levett Bucknall鈥檚 boss in Manchester says the firm is looking at adding more people to the office following last week鈥檚 arrival of Steve Gillingham from Mace.
Gillingham, who headed up Mace鈥檚 consultancy business for the north and Scotland, joined the Manchester office as partner and will also head up the consultant鈥檚 public sector business.
His arrival takes the number of partners at the 100-strong office to 10 and its managing partner Russell Bolton said he was currently talking to a number of other senior figures about making the switch to its office on King Street.
He said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e attracted quality people and they鈥檙e helping us win quality work. Manchester is a very busy region.鈥�
The 拢10m turnover office is looking at growing to 125 people in a couple of years鈥� time and Bolton, who joined from Arcadis four years ago when Manchester had just 20 people, added: 鈥淲e鈥檙e constantly looking to grow with the right people.鈥�
RLB鈥檚 schemes in the city include working as principal designer on the 拢200m St Michael鈥檚 development in the city which is being masterminded by former Manchester United footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs.
Original architect Make was replaced by local firm Hodder + Partners after campaigners complained Make鈥檚 buildings would cause too much damage to local conservation areas. But the Hodder proposal, a 40-storey tower which has been given planning permission, has also been criticised by heritage groups for the same reasons.
RLB has a 拢60m turnover in the UK with 600 staff. It has 10 offices with its three main centres being London, Birmingham and Manchester.
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