DEREK NORFOLK has been appointed construction director at Severfield-Reeve Projects (SRP), in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

He has worked for the company for two years as a contracts manager.

The 58-year-old, who lives in Harrogate, was contracts manager at Tarmac, Leeds, and spent ten years with the Yorkshire office of Balfour Beatty, in Pontefract.

As well as managing SRP's construction operation, he will also be responsible for updating some of the company's procedures including a supply chain management system.