James Corker is moving to Skanska from Morgan Sindall, where he was area director based in Doncaster, responsible for all Network Rail and third-party rail projects.
He was previously a regional director of Spencer and spent 10 years with VolkerFitzpatrick earlier in his 20-year career.
鈥淛ames has significant rail sector and industry experience and we鈥檙e delighted that he is joining Skanska,鈥 said Jonathan Willcock, managing director of Skanska鈥檚 Infrastructure business. 鈥淲e have exciting growth plans for the future and James鈥 capabilities, including his knowledge and understanding of our markets aligned with his customer focus, will support the strategic development of our business.鈥
His projects include the Werrington Grade Separation, a 拢169m design and build dive under scheme on the east coast mainline; the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) 鈥 a 拢200m electrification programme including the EGIP Alliance and Stirling, Dunblane, Alloa (SDA) electrification 鈥 and Kings Cross remodelling, a 拢259m throat remodelling project in the heart of an operational Kings Cross Station. He has also led work on the Ilford depot for Crossrail and Reading depot for Network Rail on the Reading Station area regeneration programme.
鈥淒uring my time in the industry I鈥檝e heard a lot of positivity on Skanska鈥檚 reputation, which has been reinforced after visiting some of their high-profile projects, which were really good experiences,鈥 James Corker said. 鈥淧eople always speak so highly about working for Skanska and I鈥檓 now very much looking forward to joining the business.鈥
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