Geoff Lister, chairman of the Cross-Industry Construction Apprenticeship Task Force, headed up the honours with a CBE.
He is joined by two other figures picking up honours from the world of training: Trevor Gamble who founded the Construction Plant Competence Scheme is awarded OBE and William Robert Williams an MBE for promoting construction training in Wales.
Birthday Honours
CBE
Geoffrey Lister: for services to training in the construction industry
Professor Jeremy Watson: Arup director of global research for services to Engineering.
OBE
Martin Clarke: Chief executive, British Precast Concrete Federation for services to industry.
Trevor Gamble: Founder of the Construction Plant Competence Scheme for services to training and health and safety
MBE
William Williams: Founder of the WRW construction group for services to skills and training in Welsh construction.
Chris Sneath: Former president of the HVCA – now B&ES – for services to the heating and plumbing industry.
