Nicholas Ashton works as an Construction Manager in the major projects division of Mace. He joined the company in February 2012 on the Shard Project (£450m) in charge of the commercial floor fitouts, before moving onto the main office reception, restaurant reception and restaurant levels. On completion of the Shard he moved to the sister project, The Place (£135m) in charge of the retail mall and back of house areas, then during close out of the project took over Lv2 to basement.Nicholas started his career in construction as an apprentice bricklayer, before joining Laing O’Rourke where he completed an ONC & HNC in construction while working as a trainee. On completion he was promoted to section manager. During his time at Laing O’Rourke he was involved in managing a variety of areas on a variety of projects, Canterbury Hospital (£14m) Lancelot Place (£110m) and Hilton Doubletree, Tower of London (£73m). In the last 9 years Nicholas has gone from an apprentice bricklayer, to a construction manager working on some major projects in Central London, who hopes to exceed his current position to lead future major projects.