Barratt David Wilson Homes appoints new South West head of construction

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Peter Davison

Mark Hughes

A housebuilding expert with close on 20 years’ industry experience has joined Bristol-based Barratt David Wilson HomesSouth West as the new head of construction.

Mark Hughes started his career as a trainee with Linden Homes (now Vistry) and honed his skills at some of the most respected names in the industry including Redrow Homes, McCarthy and Stone, David Wilson Homes Southern and St Modwen Homes. He joins from Crest Nicholson where he served as build manager.

As part of his new role he’ll be responsible for driving construction performance and build and quality targets at Barratt David Wilson Homes’ sites across Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

He will also play a pivotal role in the development of the company’s new house type range. This will include enhanced fabric, efficient services, heat recovery systems and solar panels where required to comply with new Part L Building Regulations which sets the standard for the energy performance and carbon emissions for new homes.

Mark, who lives in Chippenham, said: “The housebuilding sector is marked by many opportunities. The introduction of Part L holds great promise as it will reduce carbon emissions, lower energy costs for consumers and promote environmental sustainability, building on our already proven track record of delivering energy-efficient homes that can help reduce residents’ bills while being kinder to the planet.

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“The chance to work in an organisation with the prestige and history of Barratt David Wilson Homes was an opportunity too good to turn down. Drawing from my previous experience, I can bring a wealth of construction knowledge and a keenness to implement new practices that allow the safe, quality delivery of ‘green’ homes that we can all be proud of.

"I’m also committed to promote the many benefits of housebuilding, to nurture and inspire the next generation of construction industry talent.”

Ralph Hawkins, managing director at Barratt David Wilson Homes South West, added: “Mark has an impressive track record. He brings a wealth of knowledge to our team and his approach to construction management and commitment to quality and innovation align with our core values that make him a great fit for this role.”

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.