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    Barhale senior promotions: delivery and governance takeaways for project teams

    January 22, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Barhale senior promotions: delivery and governance takeaways for project teams

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Civil engineering contractor Barhale has promoted southern regional director Phil Cull to national executive director, adding him to the company’s strategic board. His former southern region remit is being split, with former water director Shane Gorman becoming southern region director – infrastructure and projects director Daniel Meadowcroft moving to southern region director – projects, both joining the operations board. Gorman and Meadowcroft will report to newly appointed chief operating executive James Ingamells, signalling a tighter, board-level focus on regional delivery of Barhale’s infrastructure and project portfolios.

    Technical Brief

    • Cull has run Barhale’s southern regional operations since 2013, giving him a decade of portfolio familiarity.
    • His move onto the strategic board embeds direct regional delivery experience into national-level decision-making.
    • Gorman’s progression from senior engineer (joined 2005) to water director in 2022 gives deep utility-sector continuity.
    • Meadowcroft brings 22 years’ experience from McNicholas into Barhale’s regional projects leadership, particularly in civils/utilities.
    • His 2020 appointment as regional manager and 2022 promotion to projects director show rapid internal advancement.
    • Both Gorman and Meadowcroft now sit on the operations board, tightening feedback between site delivery and governance.
    • Internal-only promotions signal a stable leadership pipeline, reducing onboarding risk on complex infrastructure frameworks.

    Our Take

    Barhale’s senior promotions land just as the firm has secured three AMP8 contracts under United Utilities’ £3bn Better Rivers programme, suggesting the leadership reshuffle is timed to support major UK water-infrastructure delivery rather than routine succession.

    With long tenures at Barhale and prior experience at contractors like McNicholas, the promoted leaders bring deep UK civils and utilities backgrounds that align with the surge of water-sector frameworks seen across our Infrastructure coverage, including Scottish Water’s new six-year delivery alliance.

    Barhale’s focus on its southern region leadership comes as ONS data in our database show patchy new-work volumes across the UK, implying the company may be shoring up regional management to compete more aggressively for AMP8 and local authority projects where spend is still flowing.

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