Reynolds and Savage honours: leadership and safety takeaways for UK project teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Mark Reynolds, chair of Mace and former industry-side chair of the Construction Leadership Council, Roni Savage, founder and chief executive of geotechnical and environmental consultancy Jomas Associates, and Andrew McNaughton, executive director for infrastructure projects at AWE and former leader on HS1, London 2012 and Heathrow T5, have all been made CBEs in the 2026 New Year honours. Additional CBEs go to architecture journalist Paul Finch and MHCLG director Catherine Francis, while OBEs include Hywel Davies for building safety and standards and David McDonald for historic building conservation. MBEs span rail engineer Andrew Windass of AGH Engineering, sustainable engineering lead Ruth Shilston of Mott MacDonald, and Concrete Canvas co-founders William Crawford and Peter Brewin for engineering materials innovation.
Technical Brief
- Public honours for standards, conservation and rail engineering signal regulatory and client emphasis on demonstrable competence in safety‑critical roles.
Our Take
Mace’s presence here alongside recent coverage of its £200m over-station Paddington scheme suggests the contractor is consolidating a profile that spans both complex delivery and sector leadership recognition in the UK.
With honours tied to projects like High Speed One, Heathrow T5 and London 2012, the list underscores how UK mega-transport schemes remain career-defining benchmarks in our infrastructure database more than a decade after completion.
The focus on UK-based organisations such as Jomas Associates and Kier within a safety-tagged honours piece aligns with a noticeable tilt in recent Infrastructure coverage towards professional recognition and governance, rather than purely project capex or output metrics.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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