Richard has been an Independent Consultant since 1991, with over 30 years construction and development experience. He is currently working at board level with several high profile clients helping to deliver major capital projects and development programmes. Specialist areas include Client Leadership, Project/Business Strategy, Innovation, Dispute Avoidance and Conflict Resolution. Richard is a former Chairman of the Society of Construction Law.

His clients include:

Rio Tinto Alcan
University College London (Estates)
Ripon College Oxford (Development)
Construction Sector Transparency Initiative
Honda (UK and EU)
Resolex (Facilitators and Mediators)
Environmental Recycling Technologies

Since April 2008 he has been a member of the London 2012 Adjudication panel.

He is a member of the Construction Minister's sounding board of six 'key industry figures' appointed to assist the DTI (BIS) with proposed changes to construction industry legislation Construction Act Construction Act update.

His is also a member of the Construction Sector Transparency Assurance team (2010) reviewing two major projects (M40 and A46) for the Highways Agency (see reports here).

Since 2001 Richard has been involved with supporting some educational and church projects in Koidu Sierra Leone. This is the location of dreadful contemporary wartime experiences which were highlighted by the film Blood Diamond.

Richard is a member of the Construction Umbrella Bodies Adjudication Task Group (CUBATG) which is currently reviewing existing UK Construction legislation concerning Adjudication. you may read the July 2004 Report by CUBATG.

In 2002 he jointly prepared a report for the DTI on the lessons that can be learned by Honda's radical approach to its construction activities. One key finding being Honda's 40% improvement in construction spending since 1991. Click here to download a copy of the report in PDF format. The Honda Project was the winning Building entry at the prestigious British Construction Industry Award (October 2002).

Richard gives occasional lectures in Client Leadership and Project Management at several UK Universities, and also carries out in house training for both Commercial and Government organisations in areas of Lean Construction, Project Management, dispute prevention and dispute resolution.

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