Seamans are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Construction Director, Matt Bynoe.

Matt has a wealth of experience in construction, having spearheaded a wide variety of challenging projects across Suffolk and beyond throughout his career.

Matt said he was excited to join the Seamans’ team, impressed by the company’s long history of delivering high-quality projects.

He said: “Seamans was an attractive move for me because there’s such a great balance of skills here – the senior team and skilled operatives offer a unique blend to customers and end users.

“They have been in the business for a long time and have an impressive track record of staff retention.

“The balance is perfect, you have new staff who have been here a few years and others who have been here for their whole careers.

“It means the company has people coming in with new ways of thinking and approaching projects but also employees with huge experience and knowledge in multiple sectors.”

Starting his career in civil engineering, Matt put himself through college while working part time, later joining an Essex-based construction firm as a management trainee.

He worked at a number of construction companies over the years, most recently spending 15 years as Contracts Director at a large regional building firm, building extensive experience in complex, multisector projects.

These include complex restoration projects, including the repair and refurbishment of the scheduled ancient monument St Osyth Priory – one of the oldest monastic gatehouses in the UK.

Matt said his experience with heritage projects would be helpful in his role at Seamans.

“The St Osyth Priory project was a privilege to work on, taking a lot of coordination between Historic England, planners, trustees and various other interested parties,” he said.

“Historic building restoration is challenging from a contracts point of view, difficult to budget and programme and to navigate stakeholders – but hugely rewarding.”

“I’ve really enjoyed it here at Seamans since joining in May.

“It’s regional, well-established, has been going for 120 years and has a very good working environment.

“It also means I travel and work in a beautiful part of the country, which is a big bonus.”

To read more about Seaman’s board of directors, see our blog page here.