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BDC 319 : Aug 2024

Adlington

Adlington Has Made Three New Appointments in Order to Carry on its Support of New Talent

Adlington, the specialist luxury retirement and independent living developers, has made three new appointments in order to carry on its support of new talent. The company claims to be dedicated to supporting talent within the construction industry and has appointed two new graduates to their company as well as a more experienced Development Engineer. These new appointments will be working to contribute to Adlington’s seven new developments that have been planned for the North West and Salford. It is thought that these new projects will take place over the coming year. It is thought that there are 182,000 construction jobs across a number of different sectors that will need filling by 2018. In order to pay their part, Adlington is recruiting people from the millennial workforce in order to increase their team and continue to develop those who may be at the start of their career. Adlington work to encourage new talent in the industry and because of this, the graduates Glynn Fort and Laurence Chipperton have been selected to join the company as Junior Architectural Technologist and Land Buyer. Glynn started his career as an apprentice bricklayer, before continuing his career and training and graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a degree in Architectural Technology. Laurence on the other hand is a post graduate in Planning and Development from Nottingham and has joined Adlington after being a Graduate Surveyor at Harrow Estates. The other appointment to the team at Adlington is Hunter Lyden. Hunter is joining the company from a Senior Structural Engineer at Arup. In his new role, Hunter will be the Development Engineer and it is thought that this position will include managing the technical aspects of the company’s future developments like land and building structures. Hunter has nearly 10 years’ experience in managing the structural design of both commercial and residential buildings.

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Adlington Announced That They Will Be Opening Seven New Sites This Year

Adlington, a developer of both communities and luxury apartments that are designed for a target audience of people over 60, has announced that they will be opening seven new sites this year. This investment of over £80 million should lead to the creation of 385 new homes based around the North West and Staffordshire. It is thought that these seven developments will create 175 local jobs as a full time and multidisciplinary team will be needed to design Adlington’s buildings. There will also be subcontracting opportunities for a wide variety of trades during the construction sections of the projects. The projects that have been announced by Adlington will be a welcome and significant boost to the local economies. The number of different developments include Adlington House which is located in Urmston and also be Brooklands House in Stafford, both of these projects are under construction. There are also five other locations for Adlington projects which include Macclesfield, Cheadle, Southport, Ramsbottom and Romiley. Adlington will be developing homes specifically designed for older people. The plans for the developments highlight the demand there is for such specific properties and it is hoped that Adlington’s expansion and new developments will be able to address some of the concern in this area of the property market. Concerns has been raised in a Housing Whitepaper that independent but suitable retirement living accommodation for the older generation is needed. The plans laid out by Adlington have shown the company’s commitment to expanding and developing the retirement development sector. The company has also invested in two new recruits in order to expand their team. Alan Smith is joining Adlington after taking on a director’s role at Caulmert. Smith has been appointed as a structural engineer and will bring several years’ experience of construction as well as a broad knowledge of the industry. Jonothan Croft has also joined as the Senior Land Manager and will add 20 years of experience of the retirement development industry to Adlington.

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