He has managed large scale projects and has a broad experience of the industry both from the public and private sector.

Andy Steele, managing director of construction at Osborne said: “We are delighted to welcome Simon to Osborne and his appointment in the commercial and civic market will strengthen plans to further extend our services to customers.”

Presently Osborne employs around 750 people across four offices in the southern half of the UK and turned over £256m in its last financial year.