ABOUT DAVID LONERGAN
Before launching Framework Recruitment, David spent a decade at Cantifix, the undisputed leader in architectural glazing. During his tenure, including four years helping to build and strengthen internal teams, he worked on some of the UK’s most ambitious projects, from award-winning Grand Designs residences to commercial icons like Battersea Power Station.
It was there that David saw a clear gap: traditional recruiters simply didn’t understand the technical nuance, design intent, and craftsmanship driving the industry’s best work. That realisation became the foundation for Framework Recruitment, a specialist firm built on authentic sector insight, values-driven service, and a commitment to excellence.
Today, David partners with leading firms and exceptional talent to help shape the future of the glazing and façade sector. He is also a founding member of the Institute of Architectural Glazing (IAG), a pioneering initiative established with industry leaders to create a direct pathway from higher education into the profession, strengthening the industry’s future talent pipeline.
Driven by integrity and a belief that recruitment should add genuine value, David’s mission is clear: to help the architectural glazing and façades industry thrive — one brilliant placement at a time.
ABOUT RICHARD CAMPBELL RAMSEY
Before joining Framework Recruitment, Richard spent nearly 15 years embedded in the fenestration and hardware sector, building the kind of knowledge that only comes from time spent at the coalface of the industry rather than looking at it from the outside.
During that time, Richard developed a clear philosophy, one that puts people first, processes second, and product third. Not as a slogan, but as a genuine operating belief. He saw repeatedly that the best outcomes, the most productive teams and the most profitable businesses, were never the result of better specs or superior hardware. They were the result of the right people, working within the right structures, with the energy and alignment to make things happen.
That belief shapes everything about how Richard works. Rapport is not a sales tactic for him. It is the foundation on which everything worth building gets built. Relationships, trust, and genuine engagement are not soft skills in Richard's world. They are the mechanism through which real results are delivered.
Joining Framework was a natural fit. A business where sector depth, human connection, and a refusal to treat recruitment as a transactional numbers game sit at the very core of how it operates.
"Framework Recruitment is so much more than just a recruitment agency"
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
Framework exists because architectural glazing, facades and fenestration deserves better than a generalist recruiter with a keyword search and a database.
David Lonergan spent a decade at Cantifix, one of the most respected names in the sector, working on projects most recruiters have never even heard of. He saw first hand what happened when the wrong person joined a high performance team. He also saw what happened when the right one did.
Framework was built on that experience. Not on a system, not on volume, not on speed. On the belief that if you truly understand an industry, you can find the people who will genuinely move it forward.