Jonathan Stockton, Chief Executive Officer of NG Bailey Group, has been appointed as a Trade Association Director on the Board of Build UK, underscoring the growing influence of engineering and building services expertise at the heart of UK construction leadership. Build UK announced the appointment via LinkedIn this week, highlighting Stockton’s “strong track record in overseeing corporate strategy, operational performance and transformation” and the valuable commercial insight he will bring to the organisation’s boardroom discussions.
NG Bailey is the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services provider, with a heritage stretching back over a century. It delivers a wide range of mechanical, electrical and digital engineering solutions, facilities services, IT and energy infrastructure across sectors including healthcare, transport, defence, nuclear and commercial buildings. The company has a diversified portfolio that blends design, offsite manufacture and installation of MEP services with long-term maintenance and digital systems delivery.
Build UK, the leading representative body for the UK construction industry, brings together clients, main contractors, trade associations and professional services to drive collaboration, improve performance, promote fair payment practices and tackle sector-wide challenges such as skills shortages and productivity. It represents organisations responsible for more than 40 per cent of UK construction activity and provides a unified voice on policy, standards and best practice.
Stockton’s appointment signals a closer alignment between specialist engineering and mainstream contracting leadership at a time when the MEP sector is increasingly pivotal to the built environment and net-zero goals. With pressures on skills, supply chains and digital transformation, Stockton’s dual perspective as an MEP sector leader and board director at Build UK could help integrate specialist contractor voices into national strategy, support improved collaboration across the supply chain, and reinforce the role of high-quality engineering delivery in the UK’s future construction pipeline
