Mike was born and brought up in a former mill and spent much of his early years exploring the river that ran past the garden.
Having grown out of his Rupert Bear wellies he went on to play around the quarries where nearly everyone in town worked.
Determined to escape the dust and noise of limestone and concrete he studied hard to become something big in agricultural chemistry.
After graduating with an honours degree in chemistry he unfortunately lapsed back into the comforting arms of ARC, the company which owned the local quarries.
Starting out as a Lab Technician, chemically and physically analysing all sorts of construction materials, he progressed through the company and the country as Technical and Quality Manager, Site Manager of the aggregate supply contract to a nuclear power station construction project, Contracts Manager for both road surfacing and readymix concrete divisions, and finally Area Manager running and developing numerous sand and gravel quarry sites.
After leaving Hanson Aggregates, who had taken over ARC, Mike then went on to work for a large civil engineering and earthworks contractor based in Bristol as General Manager before taking time out to be Project Co-Coordinator for a community regeneration initiative in West Dorset.
During this time Mike set up his own project and interim management company advising and running projects for local small businesses. As a result Mike joined a fast-growing agricultural diversification company as General Manger responsible for construction projects which developed redundant farm buildings into commercial enterprises.
After a short but highly productive sojourn on Jersey, Mike joined Kingcombe as Estimator bringing his (long) experience of civil and building works with him to apply to the many and varied projects that we carry out.
As well as working tirelessly for us Mike has also been engaged in a long-term refurbishment of the home he shares with his wife and spaniel.
Mike suffers from an obsession with squash – the sport not the drink or weird vegetable – and is still struggling to achieve mediocrity before his knees wear out.
So if he’s not here when you call it won’t be long before he’s back, red and blowing, ready to take on your tender.