Who is behind DeCEx?

The idea came about following work done by Andrew McCormick and Tony Carroll on the H & P Share collaboration project for Andrew's company. They couldn't find anything online that brought together all sectors of the built environment from clients and end users to architect, builders, designers, engineers, tradesmen etc. Sure, there were lots of forums that had their own angles but nothing independant and nothing with any critical mass of topics.

So the idea was born and we're busy putting it together.

Tony has been involved in putting up buildings all his working life , originally in architecture with well respected practices in Sheffield and later as a developer and development and property consultant in his own right. He was also involved as admin in an online local community forum that grew from around a thousand members when he joined to nearly 60,000 when he finally retired so he probably knows a thing or two about online networks.

Andrew is a marketing man through and through, but in a very modern sense. In his position as Business Development Manager at Hobson and Porter he looks after everything from client liason through to creating and structiring bids for major work packages like YORbuild. Turnover at Hobson and Porter has tripled since he joined them so he must be doing something right.