Austin Cornish
The Office Team
Austin Cornish | MD
Matt Fordham | Buyer/Estimator
Karen Westlake-Jones | Office Manager
Alex Elmslie | QA/Training Manager
Carl Studd | Contracts Manager
Matt Fordham
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Matt has worked for many years within the construction industry. He started work as a Quantity Surveyor for Haymills Building Contractors and progressed to a local Civil Engineering contractor. He was then involved with the creation of a new company importing luxury wall finishes from South Africa after which he joined Bury Developments Ltd in the summer of 2007, taking on the role for buying and pre-contract preparation for the company. He is an integral part of the team.
Alex Elmslie
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Alex has worked for 40 years in the construction industry.
Having worked for various construction companies as a Contract & project Manager, Alex is now semi-retired but works part-time for Bury Developments Ltd and is responsible for our ISO Management and training.
Carl Studd
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Carl is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB) and former past chair of the CIOB Suffolk Centre. He has been in the construction industry for over 30 years.
As Bury Development’s Contracts Manager, he is responsible for strategic early planning through to the delivery, including all health and safety aspects for site.
Carl promotes an integrated team approach, champions best practice, and promotes sustainable construction initiatives. A valued member of the team at Bury Developments.
Gavin Finch
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Gavin has been in the building industry since he left school. Previously, Gavin has managed a number of sites including housing association, demolition, factory maintenance, civils projects and small works.
Gavin joined Bury Developments in January 2017 to manage the small work side of the business. This also includes maintenance work at Green King, British Sugar and all small building projects which we have ongoing.
Ash Knights
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Ash works as a site manager with Bury Developments and joined in 2021.
Ricky Rutterford
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Ricky works as a site manager with Bury Developments and joined in 2013.
Karen Westlake-Jones
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Karen joined Bury Developments in November 2021 and has a wealth of administration experience. Before moving to Ipswich, Karen worked for 4 years in the Neuro division of Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, as Assistant/PA to the Divisional and Lead nurse and other senior members of the department. Previous posts have been with, Technology and Telecommunications and Hi-tech Blue-chip organisations. Karen moved to Ipswich in 2013 and worked for 6 years as an Executive PA for a shipping company. She loves spending time walking her dog, Ruby and is a very welcome member of the Bury Developments Team.
Lisa Copping
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Lisa joined Bury Developments in February 2002 and undertakes all of our accountancy work. Lisa’s experience and diversity of expertise in all financial aspects if the business is a valuable asset to the smooth running of the office.