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Ben is a qualified Civil Engineer with a BSC (Hon) degree with Architecture.
After an early career working on Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, Ben joined CRL in 1999 and has been at the company since. Ben joined initially as a Site Engineer and now, as Regional Manager, has responsibility for all aspects of the business in London and the South East of England.
Ben has successfully completed multi-disciplinary projects up to the value of £5M.
He has particular expertise in building refurbishment, cathodic protection, and large civil and maritime projects. Ben has been heavily involved with the launch of CRL Restoration as a dynamic specialist Principal Contractor in the Heritage Sector and led the teams who carried out the successful projects at Osborne House and Reading Abbey.

Daren is a Chartered Engineer who joined CRL as a Contracts Engineer in 1997. Previously he was employed in the rail industry, working on prestigious projects such as tunnelling under Waterloo station for the Jubilee Line Extension. After being promoted to Senior Contracts Manager within the Mitcham office, in 2002, due to growth of the company, he was asked to move to the midlands to undertake a similar role. Daren has been responsible for many of the company’s larger traditional schemes and has extensive experience in the refurbishment of structures such as car parks, buildings and bridges. He also has expertise in structural strengthening using carbon fibre and corrosion control using galvanic and cathodic protection systems. In 2019 Daren was promoted to Regional Manager of the North and Midlands regions based at our Chesterfield office.

Kenton started in construction in 1990 with general contracting and soon moved to a specialist firm involved in multi-storey car park refurbishment. He joined CRL in March 2003 as part of the estimating team at the Bristol office and quickly became a key member of the team, securing many significant projects over the years for the company. He has a BSc (Hons) in Construction and Commercial Management. 
Kenton has recently been appointed as Regional Manager for South West England & South Wales operating from our Bristol Office. He replaces Steve Jones who has moved to a director position within CRL. 
Over the years Kenton has been involved with various projects in the region including marine structures, bridges, car parks, building refurbishments and cathodic protection.

Murray is an experienced Civil Engineering Technician with over 40+ years experience in managing multi-discipline construction activities. He joined the CRL team in 2005 from the then parent company MJ Gleeson Group, where he had worked since 1986, ending up as Area Manager for the Scottish Construction Division. He is a member of the CRL Senior Management Team and in 2006 was part of the Management Buy Out team who bought CRL back from the Gleeson Group. Currently employed as Regional Director (Scotland & Ireland), he has responsibility for all aspects of the business throughout Scotland and Ireland.
A voracious problem solver, Murray has recently been involved in the development of a number of cutting edge inspection and repair techniques specially developed by CRL for the renewable energy sector to extend the operational life of older wind turbines.

Daren is a Chartered Engineer who joined CRL as a Contracts Engineer in 1997. Previously he was employed in the rail industry, working on prestigious projects such as tunnelling under Waterloo station for the Jubilee Line Extension. After being promoted to Senior Contracts Manager within the Mitcham office, in 2002, due to growth of the company, he was asked to move to the midlands to undertake a similar role. Daren has been responsible for many of the company’s larger traditional schemes and has extensive experience in the refurbishment of structures such as car parks, buildings and bridges. He also has expertise in structural strengthening using carbon fibre and corrosion control using galvanic and cathodic protection systems. In 2019 Daren was promoted to Regional Manager of the North and Midlands regions based at our Chesterfield office.

Simon is an Industrial Petrologist with over 30 years experience, specializing in the assessment of buildings and structures for alteration, strengthening, repair and refurbishment.
Simon takes great pride in his work, constantly striving to provide the best possible product, as safely as possible.
His specialties include: the use, abuse and performance of natural materials in the built environment, the diagnosis and durable remediation of failures, the design of appropriate inspections, surveys and investigations, safely and effectively to get to the bottom of a problem and provide the Customer with the right answers and presentations, tailored to suit differing market sectors, structures and problems.

Dave joined the civil engineering industry in 1972 working for a major civil engineering contractor. Rising through the ranks to Senior Projects Manager. He was responsible for delivering large civil engineering schemes throughout the UK. In 2003 after over 30 years in major civil engineering projects he joined CRL to manage the HA Construction Management Framework in Area 9. This framework delivered major concrete repair and cathodic protection schemes on the Midland Links motorway network. He was promoted to Regional Manager in 2005 for the North and Midlands regions based in the Sheffield office. In 2006 Dave was part of the Management Buy Out team that took CRL back into independence from MJ Gleeson Group. The Sheffield office was moved to new premises in Chesterfield and a second office opened in Runcorn to serve the North West region.

Jon-Paul has worked in the concrete repair and protection industry for over 20 years. During this time he started work on site as a tradesman and through his career has progressed through promotion to site foreman, site manager and contracts manager (of multimillion $ contracts). He has also been Managing Director of his own concrete repair and protection company before joining CRL in Australia. Jon-Paul has extensive experience in the inspection, repair and structural strengthening of reinforced concrete structures and buildings using the latest techniques and materials. This includes cathodic protection systems for enhanced durability, CFRP composite structural strengthening, and specialist coatings.