Structure of the Considerate Constructors Scheme

CUB(H)Ltd consists of:

Construction Products Association

Acting as a single influential voice for the manufacturers and suppliers of construction products, its aim is to build a growing profitable and sustainable future for the construction products industry.

Construction Industry Council

A representative forum for the industry's professional bodies, research organisations and specialist trade associations.

The Scheme is independently run as Considerate Constructors Scheme Ltd.

CUB(H)Ltd is responsible for the strategy of the Scheme; the Board of Considerate Constructors Scheme Ltd is responsible for development and implementation.

The Board of Considerate Constructors Scheme Ltd is made up of representatives of the administration company, experienced Scheme Monitors and appointed experts.

David Watson joined the Scheme as a Monitor in 2005, becoming a Director in January 2008 and since July 2011, now holds the position of Vice Chairman. David brings particular expertise in training and site management assessment to the Board, through his work as a trainer, assessor and facilitator and his previous employment with the CITB.

Edward Hardy is Chief Executive of the Scheme. Edward spent his early career in corporate sales, developing and training a sales team for a large UK gas supplier, before doing the same for a telecommunications company in Sydney, Australia. Edward has been responsible for the operational activities of the Scheme since 1998 and was appointed General Manager in 2003. Edward was promoted to Chief Executive in January 2009.

John Sayers has been a Scheme Director since July 2011, having been a Monitor since 2006. John began his career training as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and then became owner and MD of an established main contractor, R R Richardson plc, before selling the business in 2005 to concentrate on other activities. This includes running his Project Management consultancy and working in the charitable and education sectors.

John Southworth has been non-executive Director of Finance since January 2008. John trained as a Chartered Accountant and went on to hold a series of commercial and financial positions at Board level with UK companies, before joining the Building Employers Confederation, (predecessor to the Construction Confederation), as Finance Director and Confederation Secretary in 1992. John’s responsibilities within the Construction Confederation have been diverse, encompassing finance, IT, human resources, membership services, property management, pensions and dealing with a wide variety of legal and constitutional matters. 

After an initial career in a civil engineering practice and subsequently as Regional Director of Ballast Wiltshier plc, responsible for major design and build projects in the South East region, Chris Lane is now a Director of a successful project management consultancy. He became a Scheme Monitor in 2005 and joined the Board as a Director in January 2010.

Having joined the Scheme as a Monitor in 2007, Paul Moore has now been appointed as a Director, from January 2010.

Paul started his career as a trainee for an international construction group and spent his early years working for a number of national contractors. He then joined a regional company where he spent 17 years as Construction Director. He was appointed Managing Director of a regional housing company and now has his own consultancy company which specialises in education. 

Mike Petter began his career at Geoffrey Osborne Ltd, working on a variety of construction projects before becoming Contracts Manager for the company. Prior to joining the Scheme in 2008, Mike was Managing Director for Five Dimensional Management Ltd, a well-established consultancy firm specialising in construction.