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News Release from: British Board of Agrement
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Team on 10 January 2008
BBA appoints two new Governing Board
members
Two new Board appointments have been announced at the British Board of Agrement, with major materials industry figure Digby Harper appointed Chairman and eminent architect Lynne Sullivan a Director.
Digby Harper has had a long involvement with the BBA as a client and a member of its Council and Promotional Advisory Committee while he was with Certificate holder Celotex, where he retired as Chief Executive last year He has also worked with the Construction Products Association and its forerunner the National Council of Building Material Producers, where he chaired the Environmental Committee, formed, coincidentally, by retiring BBA Chairman Tony Jackson who was succeeded by Digby there too
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 14 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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'I am delighted to be appointed BBA Chairman.
I knew the value of BBA approval from the producers' point of view and I believe my long involvement in the industry going back to my days with ICI and later timber-frame builder Lovell Housing - the first Agrement Certificated timber-frame system, coupled with my interest in environmental matters will be a great help to the organisation as it helps the market to respond to the challenges of sustainability and new regulations'.
He has also been President of the Association of Building Component Manufacturers and of the British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers Association.
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Lynne Sullivan is Director of Sustainability at Broadway Malyan's London office and currently heading up large mixed-use projects in the Thames Gateway and smaller specialist low-energy design projects in the UK and Continental Europe.
She is a regular contributor to the architectural press on sustainability matters and is an invited speaker at many conferences, giving presentations on sustainable design and sustainable communities.
Lynne was a finalist in the 2007 Housing Design Awards when she was Project architect for a 1200 homes brownfield development in North Dartford, Kent and was also a finalist in the competition to design London's first Zero Carbon Community in 2006.
'I am thrilled and honoured to join the BBA's Governing Board.
As an architect I have used the BBA's Agrement Certificates as a source of unbiased information on product performance since my student days and I look forward to contributing to the BBA's plans to provide more environmental information on products for architects and others involved in the selection and use of building products'.
BBA Chief Executive, Greg Cooper, is equally delighted to have two new Directors on board, 'the BBA Board has seen some major planned changes in personnel in the past two years and now with the appointment of Digby and Lynne we have the strongest Board the BBA has ever had.
It is fitting to pay tribute to Tony Jackson's excellent chairing of the Board since 1996 and he hands over a dynamic team to Digby. Request free introductory details about products from British Board of Agrement ...
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