Appointments

Civil engineer Stephen Burrows, 51, has joined the Morrison Construction Group as director responsible for developing privately funded infrastructure projects in England and Wales. In his new role he will endeavour to secure a greater proportion of the company's civil engineering workload on a non-traditional basis where creative design and finance packages are the key to success.

Adrian Morris, 45, is to join construction and tunnelling group Donelon Tyson plc and is to become the company's finance director. The appointment follows the retirement from the board of Michael Alexander. Morris was previously deputy to the group financial director at Norwest Holst Holdings.

Hugh O'Neill, 48, has been appointed regional director for Scotland by Ballast Nedam Construction.

Continued growth of Tarmac Construction in the north of England has led to the appointment of an operations director for the region. Cliff Gilbert, 51, will operate out of Tarmac Construction's recently opened Building Division offices at Metro Centre East Business Park, Gateshead.

Helen Dootson has been appointed management surveyor at the Eric Wright Group.

Lovell Partnerships has appointed a new regional director to take charge of its housebuilding operations in South Wales. Jim Cropper, 40, joins the company with 20 years' experience in social housing and private development.

At Eve Group, following the April promotion of Peter Adams to group finance director, Graham Foster, formerly deputy md, succeeds Gerald Hough as group md. Garry Orpen, md of Eve Graham and Eve Arclive, has been elected to the group main board. Derek Haynes has been promoted from general manager to md of Eve Structures.

D&A Lifts has appointed Andrew Jeffers as head of its new northern base.