John Edwards, who initiated and led the award winning Cardiff Castle conservation project, has been appointed UK Director of TKB Southgate Associates, a multi-disciplined building conservation consultancy with offices in Dublin, Cork and Monaghan, Ireland, and another just opening in Dublin that John will run. It is the Dublin office that will provide services to the UK mainland. This is part of an expansion plan that has also seen a new office open in Belfast managed by John Haffey.