Our People

Staff
We believe that it is the people within the companies that are the most important asset, having the commitment and drive necessary to deliver a successful, quality contract on time, safely and to budget.
The company is formed by experienced civil engineering personnel capable of undertaking and managing contracts from £5k to £10m.

Southbay will provide a complete main contractor service and will undertake the role of principal contractor as required.

Apprenticeships
Southbay prides itself on investing in young people; we regularly operate work experience placements for students in both the office and site environment. Southbay also sponsor students to carry out apprenticeships in the construction industry, thus giving them site experience as well as an academic education.

Labour
A select number of tradesmen, time served in their profession, are directly employed and supervised by Site Foremen.

The majority of our works will be undertaken by our direct labour force providing greater flexibility and ensuring quality.

Select subcontractors will be employed on a project specific basis.

Consultants
We use external specialist companies to provide the technical support necessary to maintain our required standards. For D&B Marine Works WA Fairhurst. For temporary works and piling technical support - Nobleworks. For D&B General Civils - WA Fairhurst.

GORDON I GREEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Gordon has over 30 years experience in the civil engineering construction industry in the UK including for the last 20 years specialising in heavy marine civil engineering projects. From 1990 to 2002 Gordon worked for national civils contractor undertaking the majority of marine civils projects in the North East and Scotland. In 2002 he set up Southbay to continue his passion for marine civils. He manages the company with a very much hands on approach.
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PAUL STEPHENSON

CONTRACTS DIRECTOR

Paul joined the Company in 2006 having previously worked for numerous national civils contractors. He has over 25 years experience in heavy civils work from Site Engineer to Contracts Manager. He has a proven track record of dealing with the challenges faced when undertaking river and coastal works in harsh environments. Paul’s strengths lie in providing Clients with a first class service through financial reporting, progress reporting, safety records and excellent planning and programming.
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GRAHAM TAYLOR

SENIOR SITE AGENT

Since graduating with a BEng(Hons) degree in Environmental & Civils Engineering Graham gained more than 13 years contracting experience working in the construction industry. He has gained a wide breadth of experience running sites as site manager/ site agent on a variety of schemes including utilities, rail, bridge and marine works.
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DAVID PLAYER

SITE AGENT

David graduated from Nottingham Trent University and has since gained over 12 years experience working in the civil engineering construction industry. His expertise lies in material procurement, setting out engineering works, subcontractor management, cost control, programming, preparing method statements, supervision and coordination of temporary works, over-seeing construction site safety and quality assurance. He is also experienced in developing business improvement schemes.
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ADRIAN HAGGART

CONSTRUCTION / QUALITY MANAGER

Adrian has over 15 years experience in all aspects of Construction Management. Prior to joining Southbay in 2007 he worked for a national contractor gaining experience in marine, roads and rail sectors. Adrian has been instrumental in developing the Company's quality systems and procedures and is responsible for implementing ISO 9001 throughout the company.
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STEVE TRUSCOTT

GENERAL FOREMAN

Steve has over 30 years site experience in the construction industry working for various nationwide contractors in road, rail and marine sectors. Steve has experience in working in high risk areas such as deep excavations, working at height, tidal works and highways works.
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JEANETTE ADAMS

OFFICE MANAGER

Jeanette is a highly experienced Office Manager and has worked most of her career in the construction industry. Her ability to organise and supervise all of the administrative activities ensures the smooth running of the office.
Jeanette carries out a range of administrative and IT-related tasks and provides the first point of contact for clients.
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ANDREW TAYLOR

JUNIOR ENGINEER

Andy visited Southbay with his work experience and later joined Southbay on an apprenticeship after leaving school. Andy has gained a BTEC national certificate in Civil Engineering whilst working for Southbay on The New Tyne Crossing, North Shields Fish Quay and Neptune Quay. He is currently working towards a HND in civil engineering.
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