Joe Johnson returns to Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) as Associate Director to its Manchester building consultancy department.

Joe previously worked at LSH between 2014-2019, but has spent the last 12 months client side, heading up the project management department at Dot Residential – a niche start-up residential property developer based in Manchester working across the UK.

Joe will be based in LSH’s Manchester office where he will work with the wider North West team, driving LSH’s building consultancy business both nationally and across the region. This will add to LSH’s already established building consultancy offering, providing technical and commercial expertise across all sectors, with a particular focus on project work. Joe’s appointment now takes the headcount within the Manchester building consultancy department to 19 staff members.

Commenting on his appointment, Joe said: “The recent acquisition of LSH, and subsequent restructuring paves the way for some new and exciting opportunities ahead. LSH has a wide-reaching client base working on some fantastic instructions, as well as a great team of staff within the Manchester office and wider LSH network. I look forward to reconnecting with clients and colleagues alike, and I am pleased to be re-assuming my former role”.

Joe’s appointment follows a number of promotions within the Building Consultancy department towards the back end of 2019. Brett Lea was promoted from Senior Surveyor to Associate Director, and Tom Smith has been promoted from Surveyor to Senior Surveyor.

Graham Coulthard, LSH Building Consultancy Director added: “We are delighted, as several clients are too, to have Joe re-join the team here in Manchester, in what is a very exciting time and future for the business. Joe will bolster the team along with the recent promotions of Brett and Tom”.