The Federation's Board comprises the President, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, Treasurer and the Managing Director. The Board are the statutory directors of the Federation. With the exception of the Managing Director, the Board are nominated and appointed from within the CEF Council and serve on a voluntary basis. The offices are re-nominated annually at the AGM with Vice-President, President and Past-President serving 2 years in each position.
CEF President - Bryan Vaughan, June 2024
Bryan is Managing Director of Vaughan Homes, a family firm building private homes in NI for the past 35 years. He has 33 years experience in the house building industry.
A Chartered Member of the CIOB since 2000, Bryan serves on the Board of the Construction Industry Training Board and the NHBC Regional Committee.
Bryan is a past Chair of the CEF Private Housing Committee and has served on that Committee since October 2001. He was appointed to the CEF Council in April 2012 and previously served as Honorary Treasurer.
CEF Vice President - Gareth Loye, June 2024
Gareth Loye was appointed to the Board of Mascott Construction (Europe) as Chief Executive in 2015.
He was educated at the University of Ulster, graduating with a BSc Honours in Construction, Engineering and Management.
Gareth is currently Chair of the CEF General Contractors Committee.
CEF Past President, Martin O’Kane, 2022-2024
Martin O’Kane is the Deputy Group Managing Director of Heron Bros Ltd and joined the company in 1994, having worked previously in London and Coleraine. He has BSc Hons in Quantity Surveying from the University of Ulster, Diploma in Project Management from Queens University, Belfast and became a Fellow of the RICS in 2015.
Martin’s professional interests span a wide variety of industry boards and councils including being past Treasurer and Chairman of APM 2007/08.
He joined the CEF General Contractors Committee in 2009 and the Council in 2017,was appointed the CEF Vice President in May 2020 and was CEF President from 2022-2024
CEF Honorary Treasurer, Mark Kelly, June 2022
Mark Kelly is Finance Director of Kelly Brothers Ltd. Mark is
Chair of the Social Housing Committee and was first elected Honorary Treasurer
in June 2022.
CEF Council Director - Dominic Lavery, June 2024
Dominic was appointed Managing Director at Farrans in October 2020.
He had previously undertaken the role of Farrans Deputy Managing Director since April 2019, having been appointed Commercial Director at Farrans in 2018.A chartered member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Dominic joined Farrans as a Quantity Surveyor in 2000.
CEF Council Director - Janet Deane, June 2023
Janet is Financial Controller Martin of Deane Public Works Limited, the Fermanagh based civil engineering business founded in 1967.
Janet was elected to the CEF Board in June 2023.
CEF Chief Executive - Mark Spence, 2020
Mark joined the CEF in 2019 as Assistant Director having served 8
years’ as a director for one of Northern Ireland’s major contractors.
His involvement with UK and Irish construction goes back more than 20
years to his role advising both clients and bidders on major PPP capital
procurements for education, health and infrastructure. Mark is a
Senior Advisor to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and sits on
the Procurement Board of the NI Executive. He is responsible for the
running the CEF and delivery of services to members while leading
engagement with the NI Assembly, Executive and procuring authorities as
well as partnering with other professional bodies to represent the views
of Federation members.
The Federation Council is the policy making body of the Federation.
Members of Council are elected through direct nominations from the
Federation's four specialist sector committees. The Federation Council
determines the future strategy for the Federation and the operational
details are then carried out through the sector committees.
The Council also nominates representatives to other outside bodies
associated with the construction industry including the Joint Council
for the Building and Civil Engineering Industry (NI).
Current Membership
Office |
Name |
Company |
President |
Bryan Vaughan |
Vaughan Homes |
Vice President |
Gareth Loye |
Mascott Construction (Europe) |
Past President |
Martin O'Kane |
Heron Brothers |
Treasurer |
Mark Kelly |
Kelly Brothers |
|
Mark Spence |
CEF |
|
Dominic Lavery |
Farrans |
|
Andrew Bill |
GRAHAM |
|
Aidan Flynn |
FLYNN |
|
Aaron Hughes |
GEDA Construction |
|
Janet Deane |
Deane Public Works |
|
Ian Lowry
|
Lowry Building & Civil Engineering |
|
Leo Martin |
GRAHAM |
|
Martin Mallon |
South Bank Square |
|
David Henry |
Henry Brothers |
|
Peter Maguire |
Tracey Brothers |
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The General Contractors Committee represents the interests of
Federation members involved in general and commercial contracting in the
private sector and in the delivery of public infrastructure such as
schools, hospitals, and office accommodation.
This Committee liaises regularly with major government clients
including the Department of Education, Department of
Health, Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD) and the Department of
Finance. These Liaison meetings involve discussion on procurement
methods and workload programmes.
Current Committee Membership
Name |
Company |
Gareth Loye (Chair) |
Mascott Construction (Europe) |
Jonathan Hall |
GRAHAM |
Dominic Lavery |
Farrans |
Gareth Mackey |
MSM Contracts |
Noel Mullan |
Heron Brothers |
Gerard McClelland |
Ganson UK |
Jill Harrower-Steele |
Lagan Specialist Contracting Group |
Peter Maguire |
Tracey Brothers |
Colin McKee |
Moss Construction |
Cormac Murphy |
Glasgiven Contracts |
Cathal O'Hare |
OHMG |
Mark Buchanan |
Mannings Northern |
Darren McKelvey |
McKelvey Construction |
Ian McCully |
Henry Brothers |
Ruairi O'Boyle |
OB Construction |
Damian Gill |
Felix O'Hare |
Robert Ewing |
Woodvale Construction |
The Private Housing Committee represents the interest of Federation
members involved in the construction of private houses. The Committee
liaises regularly with government agencies and statutory undertakers and
other bodies that directly affect the provision of private houses,
including the local councils, Department for Infrastructure, NI
Environment Agency, NI Water, NIE Networks, NHBC, the Law Society and
many others.
Current Committee Membership
Name
|
Company |
Martin Mallon (Chair) |
South Bank Square |
Conor Mulligan |
Lagan Homes |
James Fraser |
Fraser Partners |
Bryan Vaughan |
Vaughan Homes |
David Magee |
Antrim Construction |
Gareth Wilson |
Farrans |
Conor Lavery |
Charles Lavery & Sons |
Noel Young |
P Young & Sons |
Joe McGinnis |
Braidwater Group |
Trevor Kennedy |
Hagan Homes |
John Paul McGinnis |
McGinnis Group |
Martin Tumilty |
Lotus Homes |
Sean McAvoy |
Calmor Properties |
Michael Lindsay |
Rosemount Homes |
David Millar |
Fraser Millar |
Aveen Rafferty |
Northland Developments |
Philip Polly |
KAP Properties |
The Civil Engineering Committee represents the interests of
Federation members involved in civil engineering works. The Committee
liaises regularly with Department for Infrastructure, Translink, NI
Water, Rivers Agency, Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD) and the
Strategic Investment Board through the Civil Engineering Consultative
Committee.
Current Committee Membership
Name |
Company |
Leo Martin (Chair) |
GRAHAM |
Richard Chambers |
AG Wilson |
Neil Sturdy |
Farrans |
Gareth Telford |
Northstone |
Sean Brennan |
Whitemountain |
Barney McEldowney |
BSG Civil Engineering |
Ian Lowry |
Lowry Building & Civil Engineering |
Patrick Harney |
Lagan Specialist Contracting Group |
Ian Alexander |
William & Henry Alexander |
John Kearney |
McQuillan Companies |
Allen McMullan |
Dawson-Wam |
Seamus Donaghy |
GEDA Construction |
Alberto de Lucas Troncoso |
Sacyr UK |
Keith Nixon |
Deane Public Works |
Cormac O'Donnell |
McNicholas (Kier) |
Niall McGill |
Charles Brand Group |
Paul McFlynn |
CivCo |
Gary Gallagher |
Adman Civil Projects |
The Social Housing Committee represents the interests of
Federation members involved in civil engineering works. The Committee
liaises regularly with Department for Infrastructure, Translink, NI
Water, Rivers Agency, Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD) and the
Strategic Investment Board through the Civil Engineering Consultative
Committee.
Current Committee Membership
Name |
Company |
Mark Kelly (Chair) |
Kelly Brothers |
Adam Lowry |
Lowry Building & Civil Engineering |
Eddie Murnin |
GEDA Construction |
Darin McKeown |
Equans |
Scott Montgomery |
Mascott Construction |
Johnny McKaigue |
P&K McKaigue |
Kevin Watson |
Kevin Watson Group |
Marie Ferguson |
BW Homes & Construction Ltd |
Kenny Carson |
Combined Facilities Management |
Martin Collins |
H&A Mechanical |
Mark Gilmore |
EHA Group |
The Health & Safety Committee represents the interests of Federation members in the industry wide area of health and safety.
The Committee liaises regularly with the Health & Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) and issues guidance and resources to assist members with keeping their workforce safe.
Current Committee Membership
Name |
Company |
Declan McLogan (Chair) |
McAleer & Rushe |
David Wallace |
Henry Brothers |
Caroline Hughes |
Heron Brothers |
Lyndsey Thompson |
Ganson UK |
Donna McCullagh |
Adman Civils |
Jerome Hamill |
MSM Contracts |
Liam Kelly |
Charles Brand |
Sasha Byrne |
Geda |
Rosemary McCormick |
McCormick Contracts |
The CEF People & Skills Task Force was set up in 2021 to pool
resources on vital industry challenges including modern slavery,
diversity, recruitment, mental health and a host of other topics.
Name |
Company |
Aideen Jeffrey |
Farrans |
Christina Walsh |
GEDA |
Maria Bradley |
Gilbert Ash |
Nuala Griffiths |
Heron Bros |
Rodney Moates |
Dawson WAM |
Sandra Overend |
Henry Bros |
Michael Smyth |
Graham |
Noel McKee |
Mascott |
Shauna Young |
McLaughlin Harvey |
Cathal Morgan |
Felix O'Hare |
Shannon McGilligan |
Henry Bros |
Geraldine Gordon |
CFM |
Nicola Cawley |
Lagan SCG |
The CEF ConstructZero Task Force was set up in 2021 to focus on the
vital emerging agenda of carbon reduction and to assist members in
achieving net zero by 2050 in line with CLC's Constructzero plan.
Name |
Company |
Andrew Cooke |
Graham |
Charlene Jones |
Henry Bros |
Charleen Millen |
McAleer & Rushe |
Craig Chisholm |
McQuillan |
Deborah Madden |
Henry Bros |
Gerard McColgan |
Dawson WAM |
Grace McGurk |
McQuillan |
Liam McEvoy |
SustainIQ |
Vicki Johnston |
Farrans |
Andy Bate |
Charles Brand |
Caoimhin Robinson |
GEDA |
The CEF Risk & Procurement Task Force was set up in 2021 to
provide vital industry feedback on a host of procurement changes arising
through Procurement Board and in general across the sector
Name
|
Company
|
Allen McMullan |
Dawson WAM |
Jemma Lowry |
Lowry Building |
Jill Harrower-Steele |
Lagan SCG |
Gary Blair |
Farrans |
Gerard Graham |
QMAC |
Ian Lowry |
Lowry Building |
Jonathan Hall |
Graham |
Karl McKillop |
Heron Bros |
Kevin Watson |
KWG |
Michael Donnelly |
McQuillan |
Peter Maguire |
Tracey Bros |
Cathal Morgan |
Felix O'Hare |
Trish White |
Farrans |