NEC Annual Conference & Martin Barnes Awards
Monday 16 June 2025 One Great George Street, London
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In a world of rapid change, the infrastructure and construction industry stands at a critical crossroads of major transformation. As global challenges intensify - climate change, digital transformation, supply chain volatility and the need to become more sustainable, so does the growing demand for excellence, collaboration and the ability to adapt and innovate become even greater. The industry must act now to build resilient, future-proof solutions that deliver real transformational impact.
The NEC Annual Conference brings together global leaders, pioneers and senior experts from government, academia, consultancy and NGOs. It serves as a dynamic platform where ideas are transformed into actionable strategies and solutions through collaboration.
By embracing NEC principles, we will set new benchmarks for industry excellence, harness cutting-edge technologies, transform communication for greater impact, foster meaningful collaboration, build climate resilience and drive efficiencies while managing risk effectively.
This is your opportunity to:
- Gain exclusive insights from world-class speakers and industry pioneers
- Learn from real-world case studies showcasing innovation and collaboration in action
- Engage with influential decision makers shaping the future of infrastructure and construction
- Discover strategies to future-proof your project and navigate challenges
- Expand your professional network and connect with key players in the field
Be part of the conversation. Be at the forefront of evolution. Be part of the solution to shape the next era of infrastructure and construction. Join us on 16 June 2025 to exchange ideas, form alliances and challenge traditional ways of thinking!
2025 Martin Barnes Awards
NEC is proud to present this year's annual award ceremony as part of our conference offering, celebrating excellence in project delivery and showcasing examples of best practice through collaboration from across the world. You can view details of past winners here.
Morning Plenary Sessions
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Registration and Networking
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Opening Remarks
Janet Young
Director General and Secretary, Institution of Civil Engineers -
Chair's Welcome Remarks
Matthew Garratt
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group -
Panel discussion: Trends Shaping Our Global Industry Beyond 2025
NEC drives success in infrastructure and construction by fostering collaboration and effective risk management. Industry leaders will discuss key trends shaping procurement and projects beyond 2025, including regulatory shifts, sustainability goals, workforce transformation, and digital innovation. Sessions will highlight excellence, showcase impactful projects, and explore NEC’s evolution, lessons learned, and its future role in shaping the industry.
Key Discussion Points:- Adapting to Change – Navigating evolving regulations, funding mechanisms, and geopolitical risks shaping procurement and investment.
- Sustainability & Resilience – Driving net zero strategies, sustainable development, and climate-resilient infrastructure.
- Transforming Workforces – Addressing labour shortages, digitalisation, and modernising industry practices.
- Collaboration & Risk – Strengthening partnerships to enhance project success and innovation.
- NEC’s Evolution – Reflecting on three decades of NEC Contracts, lessons learned, and future impact.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Fergus Harradence
Deputy Director, Construction, Logistics, Airports & Water - Construction, Infrastructure & Energy Directorate, Department for Business and Trade
Augusto Gutierrez
Peru Country Director, Gleeds
Philippe Dessoy
President, Confederation of International, Contractors’ Associations (CICA)
Peter Higgins
Chair, NEC4 Contract Board
Chris Slocombe
Partner, Clayton Utz -
Presentation: Pre-Construction Procurement Frameworks for Successful Project Delivery
Unlock the power of NEC contracts by integrating pre-construction procurement frameworks for enhanced project success. Through expert insight and real-world case study, this session equips you with practical strategies to align procurement with NEC’s collaborative, risk-managed approach. Learn how to optimise efficiency, strengthen stakeholder partnerships, and drive better outcomes from the earliest project stages. Key Discussion Points:- Optimising Procurement – Exploring NEC’s core principles and aligning pre-construction procurement strategies for success.
- Collaboration & Innovation – Adapting procurement frameworks to NEC contracts to foster teamwork, streamline delivery, and drive efficiency.
- Risk & Contract Management – Strengthening NEC’s approach to mitigating risks, preventing delays, and enhancing project outcomes.
- NEC & FAC-1 Synergy – Maximising value and reducing risk through integrated collaborative frameworks.
- Sustainability & Lessons Learned – Incorporating net-zero strategies and sharing key insights from successful NEC implementations.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Graham Hadfield
Commercial and Contract Management Lead – Infrastructure, Rolls Royce Submarines Limited -
Fireside Chat with Tracey Tulloch
Sharing her expertise on the evolving landscape of public procurement, commercial strategy, international development and NEC’s future engagement and community plans with its users.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Tracey Tulloch
Commercial Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office -
Updates from NEC Contract Board
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Peter Higgins
Chair, NEC4 Contract Board
Parallel breakout sessions
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Refreshments and Networking
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Avoiding pitfalls and achieving successful project outcomes
Sponsored By Pinsent Masons
Disputes can be complex, but the core principles of the contract; collaboration, fostering the right team culture, risk management, and proactive resolution; provide mechanisms to minimise conflicts and keep projects on track. However, in practice, challenges arise with early warnings, compensation events, adjudication and contract administration, making effective dispute prevention and resolution essential for all parties involved.
Key Discussion Points:- Common Causes of Disputes – Identifying the main triggers, including contract misinterpretation, poor communication, and delays in response.
- Early Warnings and Risk Management – Using NEC’s proactive approach to identify and mitigate risks before they escalate.
- Mitigating Risk through Dispute Boards – How does incorporating a dispute board process into NEC contracts help mitigate risks. How can dispute boards support smoother project delivery, manage client and contractor expectations and preventing delays and cost overruns?
- Compensation Events – Ensuring fair assessment and agreement of compensation events to prevent disputes over time and cost.
- Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) – Exploring adjudication, mediation and other resolution methods under NEC contracts.
- Lessons from Real Cases – Reviewing practical examples of dispute resolution in NEC projects and key insights for improving future contracts.
- Building the Right Culture – Creating a collaborative, solutions-focused environment to prevent disputes. Exploring how transparency, trust, and proactive problem-solving can be embedded within teams, with leadership playing a key role in setting the tone for collaboration and shared responsibility.
Charles Blamire-Brown (moderator)
Partner, Pinsent Masons
Jonathan Cope
Adjudicator, MCMS
Claire Carr
SCS OMC Director, SCS Railways -
AVOIDING THE 10% AUDIT TRAP
A Smarter Approach to Cost Assurance in NEC Open Book Contracts
Sponsored by Orange Partnership
This interactive and practical session will explore smart, risk-based audit approaches, offer an industry-leading client perspective, and share practical data visualisations of real-world audit scenarios. All designed to provide the audience with tips and strategies to consider for their own contracts to enhance cost transparency, cost accuracy and overall efficiency, whether carrying out monthly assessments or routine cost audits.
We will cover:- Basic expectations under NEC for cost demonstration: Sharing basic requirements from the contracts and audit protocols from managing reality.
- Risk-based versus prescriptive audit approaches: How a smarter, more forensic approach will out-perform mandated checking levels (the dreaded 10% or higher) leading to more focused assurance, uncovering more significant issues, more quickly and at a lower cost.
- The “client experience and insight”: A real-world perspective from an industry leader on common pitfalls when inspecting accounts and records and how they have seen assurance develop over the last 20 years.
- Practical examples: A demonstration of how to audit certain cost components utilising data analytics and visualisation techniques.
- Collaborative commercial team upskilling: Effective strategies to enhance client and main contractor team capabilities, ensuring stronger control of NEC contract costs.
Darren Ward (moderator)
Managing Director, The Orange Partnership
Tom Leach
Head of Commercial Management, Southern Water
Graham Hadfield
Commercial and Contract Management Lead – Infrastructure, Rolls Royce Submarines Limited -
Practical Implications of Operating an ECC
NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) is valued for its flexibility and collaboration, yet challenges arise in contract administration, risk allocation, and dispute resolution. This session brings together experts to explore practical strategies for optimising NEC ECC contracts, ensuring efficient, risk-managed project delivery while fostering transparency and best practices.
Key Discussion Points:- Understanding Common Pitfalls: What are the most frequent challenges organisations face in implementing NEC ECC contracts?
- Managing Risk and Liability: How can parties effectively allocate risk while maintaining a collaborative approach?
- Effective Contract Administration: Best practices for managing change, early warnings and compensation events.
- Dispute Avoidance and Resolution: How to navigate disagreements and ensure issues are resolved efficiently.
- Lessons learnt: Case studies on overcoming NEC ECC implementation challenges.
Robert Gerrard (moderator)
Senior NEC Consultant, NEC Contracts
Wei Lan
Project Director, Global Capital Projects, GSK
Peter Winnicott MRICS
Commercial and Procurement Director, SMP Alliance
Phil Boyes
Associate Project Manager, Arcadis Consulting (UK) -
Defining and Achieving Climate Resilience in Infrastructure
Balancing Carbon Reduction and Adaptation
Climate resilience is crucial for infrastructure as extreme weather and rising sea levels demand adaptation. This panel explores balancing carbon reduction with resilience, addressing trade-offs and opportunities. The discussion will examine how NEC contracts can help manage these complex challenges and how cross-sector collaboration and innovation can drive resilience alongside net-zero goals.
Key Discussion Points:- What Does Climate Resilience Truly Mean in Infrastructure? Defining climate resilience, its importance in long-term infrastructure planning and understanding the relationship between resilience and sustainability - Can they truly work together?
- Balancing Carbon Reduction with Climate Resilience - How can carbon reduction efforts be integrated into resilient infrastructure without compromising one for the other?
- Managing Trade-Offs with NEC Contracts - The role of NEC contracts in facilitating clear communication, transparency and flexibility in adapting to climate risks and carbon reduction goals and how it can help align project goals with climate resilience objectives.
- Cross-Sector Collaboration - The importance of collaboration and how partnerships and stakeholder engagement can ensure that infrastructure planning meets both climate resilience and net-zero targets.
- Innovative Strategies for Resilient Infrastructure in a Changing Climate – How can innovation ensure infrastructure can withstand the changing climate and innovative materials, technologies and construction methods that contribute to both carbon reduction and future-proof infrastructure.
Ian Heaphy (moderator)
Director, IN Construction Consulting
Charles Haine
Head of ESG & Safety (Director), ICON Infrastructure and Fellow and a member of Fellows Network, IEMA
Rachel Allison
Carbon Manager, HS2
Mark Smith
Strategic Water Sector Director, RSK
Jennifer Laight
Associate Director, Arup
Cllr Peter Schwier
Councillor, Essex County Council’s Climate Czar
Kathryn Tyley
Environment Engineer, Pluviam -
Lunch and Networking
Afternoon Plenary Sessions
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Panel discussion: Embedding Sustainability - Achieving Net Zero and Advancing Climate Adaptation
This discussion highlights how NEC supports the integration of sustainability into project lifecycles by providing a flexible framework that encourages innovative practices, low carbon materials and collaboration among stakeholders to achieve net zero goals.
Key Discussion Points:- Sustainable Procurement & NEC X29 – How NEC’s framework and X29 clauses enable collaboration, innovation, and commercially viable net-zero strategies.
- Science-Based Targets & Procurement – Aligning procurement strategies with carbon reduction commitments while balancing cost-effectiveness.
- Incentivising Carbon Reduction – Exploring successful approaches to drive innovation, transparency, and financially sustainable sustainability outcomes.
- Collaboration for Lower Carbon Outcomes – Strengthening partnerships across clients, suppliers, and SMEs to accelerate the carbon transition while ensuring economic feasibility.
- Materials, Carbon Management & Viability – Addressing certification challenges, market readiness, and PAS 2080’s role in embedding whole-life carbon strategies without compromising commercial success.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Dr David Wright FREng
Chair, Energy Research Partnership, Former Chief Engineer & Chief Risk Officer, National Grid
Richard Buckingham
Climate Change and Carbon Manager, Anglian Water
Michelle McCann
Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer, NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP)
Scott Mackenzie
General Manager-Commercial Management (CW), Capital Works, MTR Corporation
Kirils Holstovs
Engineer, Transportation (Rail, Structures & Ground Engineering), AECOM
Andy Powell
Manager, National Engineering Innovation Team, Engineering & Technical Assurance, Environment Agency -
From Vision to Reality – How Embracing Innovation Drives Success
Innovation is reshaping the way infrastructure projects are designed, delivered and managed. This discussion explores how NEC provides a flexible and collaborative framework that supports the adoption of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), artificial intelligence and digital technologies, enabling more efficient project delivery and fostering a culture of innovation among stakeholders.
Key Discussion Points:- Integrating Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) – How clients and contractors are successfully leveraging MMC to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
- The Power of AI & Automation – How artificial intelligence, digital platforms and automation are transforming project delivery, procurement and contract management.
- Smart Infrastructure & Predictive Maintenance – The role of IoT, AI and real-time data in optimising asset performance and resilience.
- Digital Twins & Carbon Reduction – How digital twins, AI and data analytics are driving sustainability and monitoring carbon emissions.
- Enhancing Collaboration Through Technology – Exploring digital tools that improve transparency, efficiency and stakeholder collaboration in project management.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Tim Cockayne
CEO, Traffic Management (TM), The Chevron Group
Raymond Poon
Director, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), HKSARG
Valeriya Cherkasova
Senior Consulting Expert, Thinkproject
Dr Angela MacOscar
Head of Innovation, Northumbrian Water Group -
Transforming Tomorrow’s Industry – Leadership, Innovation, and Resilience
As the construction, procurement and infrastructure industries evolve, the next generation of leaders are driving change in leadership, collaboration, innovation and sustainability. This session will bring together inspiring professionals to share fresh perspectives and actionable insights on how to embrace change, nurture emerging talent and build a more innovative and resilient industry.
Key Discussion Points:- Leadership & Culture – Fostering innovation and inclusivity through adaptable leadership that drives collaboration and transparency.
- Breaking Silos – Strengthening cross-sector collaboration in procurement, construction, and infrastructure to enhance project success.
- Climate Resilience – Embedding sustainability into infrastructure to withstand environmental and economic pressures.
- Innovation & Technology – Leveraging emerging technologies to improve efficiency and ensure long-term sustainability.
- Future Talent & NEC Principles – Attracting and mentoring the next generation while embedding NEC’s collaborative approach to mitigate risk and drive project excellence.
Matthew Garratt (moderator)
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Elena Lindsey
Senior Civil Engineer, JBA
Helen Marriner
Graduate Engineer, WSP -
Closing Remarks
Matthew Garratt
Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
The Martin Barnes Awards
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Refreshments and Networking
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The Martin Barnes Awards Ceremony
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Drinks Reception
Thinkproject
Innovator Sponsor
Thinkproject: Driving Digital Transformation Across the Built Asset Lifecycle
Thinkproject is a European leading SaaS provider for construction and engineering projects. It supports asset owners, contractors, and consultants in unlocking the full power of their data.
Previously known as CEMAR, Thinkproject’s NEC contract management solution is now called CONTRACTS - reflecting its evolution and integration with the Thinkproject Built Asset Lifecycle Platform. CONTRACTS provides a structured, user-friendly environment to manage NEC contracts, streamlining workflows, improving auditability, and reducing commercial risk.
The Orange Partnership
Innovator Sponsor
The UK’s leading cost assurance provider on NEC Defined Cost contracts.
Qualified accountants and commercial specialists driving accurate, transparent costs.
Resolving complex issues efficiently.
Sypro
Exhibitor Sponsor
Sypro is the UK's leading solution for managing NEC contracts, ensuring projects stay on track and compliant. It simplifies key workflows like early warnings and compensation events, enhancing collaboration and protecting against delays and disputes for successful project outcomes.
Digital Beehive
Exhibitor Sponsor
Digital Beehive began as a pioneering collaboration between software developers and NEC Contracts drafters over 25 years ago bringing the first ever cloud based NEC Contract management software to market.
Building on decades of expertise and real-world experience, we launched Contract Bee in 2023, our flagship product, the only contract management software exclusively tailored to managing NEC Contracts.
Contract Bee is designed to meet the needs of both large-scale projects and smaller contracts, both nationally and internationally, and is trusted by clients in a range of industries including infrastructure, power, transportation, healthcare, local authorities and central government.
By streamlining the contract management process, Contract Bee enhances collaboration among stakeholders while ensuring full compliance with contractual requirements. The platform’s innovative tools are tailored to improve efficiency, reduce administrative burdens, and mitigate risks at every stage of contract management.
Selected by NEC Contracts as an official partner for the Peruvian market, we are exceptionally proud to be supporting the launch of the official Spanish translation of the NEC Contracts.
Our commitment to delivering innovative solutions is reflected within our portfolio of products and digital ecosystem that manages the delivery of construction projects from end-to-end. To find out more about our project management tools, speak to the Digital Beehive team or drop us line at hello@digitalbeehive.co.uk.
Pangea
Event Brand Sponsor
With Pangea Professional Services being at the forefront of modern project delivery, our Project Management Office (PMO) redefines execution excellence through the strategic integration of digitalisation and artificial intelligence. Purpose-built to operate across sectors and industries, our PMO delivers tailored project solutions that span the full project lifecycle—from concept development and feasibility, through execution and commissioning, to post-implementation review and optimisation.
ECS
Event Brand Sponsor
ECS Associates (Pty) Ltd – formerly Engineering Contract Strategies CC – has been in business since 1993 providing consulting services to the engineering and construction industry. Primarily, the service offering was focused on strategic advice, dispute resolution, and training on the NEC Contract. Today, the core of the business represents the belief that collaborative relationships between main contracting parties within the value chain, employees, and other stakeholders provide a necessary formula for both improved performance and transformation during project management.
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Supporters
ICE Dispute Resolution
The ICE Dispute Resolution Service provides both early intervention conflict avoidance for engineering and construction projects as well as a class-leading dispute resolution service. We nominate and appoint adjudicators, arbitrators and mediators. Our dispute resolution professionals are skilled in law, civil engineering, quantity surveying, commercial management, architecture, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering and building services. They have themselves undergone the most rigorous assessment processes.
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Event Speakers
Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director, Construction, Logistics, Airports & Water - Construction, Infrastructure & Energy Directorate, Department for Business and Trade
Fergus Harradence leads for the Department for Business & Trade on sponsorship of the infrastructure, construction, logistics, airports and water sectors. Since joining the Civil Service in 2000, he has worked in a number of Departments in a range of economic policy roles, including trade policy, export promotion, innovation and corporate tax. His current responsibilities include DBT's policies to help improve the productivity and environmental performance of the construction, airports and water sectors, including through decarbonising buildings and construction operations, strengthening the logistics sector and supply chains in the UK, and managing the relationship with the construction sector through the Construction Leadership Council.
Tom Leach, Head of Commercial Management, Southern Water
Tom Leach is Head of Commercial Management at Southern Water, leading a team of quantity surveyors and auditors overseeing the commercial governance of over £4bn in capital and operational delivery spend. With extensive experience in infrastructure, he provides pragmatic, contractually sound leadership across major programmes.
A specialist in NEC contracts, Tom plays a key role on Southern Water’s investment, governance and claims panels. He has driven improvements in contract administration, commercial assurance, and supply chain performance.
Tom is a strong advocate for risk-based audit, helping shape collaborative assurance approaches that focus on material risks, enhance transparency, and improve financial control across complex capital programmes.
Jonathan Cope, Adjudicator, MCMS
Jonathan is a highly experienced dispute resolver appointed in over 400 disputes, many of which involving multimillion-pound claims across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, and healthcare. Jonathan is on numerous panels, named in various significant contracts and framework agreements, and recently co-authored his first book, Adjudicating Construction and Engineering Disputes.
Robert Gerrard, Senior NEC Consultant, NEC Contracts
Robert specialises in NEC contracts, both setting these up and successfully managing them. He has 42 years’ experience in contract management and carries out training and consultancy around the world. Robert is based in Hong Kong and works as a Senior NEC Consultant for Thomas Telford Limited.
He is an examiner for the Institution of Civil Engineers Certificate in Law and Contract Management course and has also held the position of NEC Users’ Group Secretary from 2006 to date. Robert was an NEC4 Contract Drafter, part of the NEC3 contracts working group and an Accredited NEC4 ECC Project Manager.
Robert is also an Accredited Mediator through the London School of Mediation, registered through the UK Civil Mediation Council and is a member on mediation panels in UK, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He recently passed the Master of Laws in Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution at Newcastle University, UK.
Robert’s publications include NEC3 and NEC4 Compared (2017), NEC2 and NEC3 Compared (2005), joint author in NEC4 Avoiding and Resolving Disputes (2019), NEC4 Practical Solutions (2017) and NEC3 Practical Solutions (2015).
Martin Rowark, FRICS FICE, Commercial Director, Metrolink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Martin is Commercial Director for MetroLink, with responsibility for all procurement and commercial management activities.
With over 35 years experience, Martin specialises in complex acquisition and commercial strategies within the infrastructure sector in UK and Internationally. He has developed commercial and procurement strategies for Sydney Metro and the extension of Buenos Aires Metro.
Wei Lan, Project Director, Global Capital Projects, GSK
I have been working in the process industry delivering and consulting on capital projects for over 30 years in Asia Pacific, the middle east, UK, Europe, and US, also have been providing consultancy on projects in Central and South America.
Ian Heaphy, Director, IN Construction Consulting
Ian has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, including aviation, oil & gas, rail, water, highways and building. He has worked with clients in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Far East, North America and Australia including government bodies, private sector employers and contractors.
Ian specialises in the development of innovative procurement strategies with particular expertise around partnering, alliancing and target cost contracts.
Ian is a member of the NEC4 Contract Board has been directly involved in drafting and shaping the fourth generation of NEC contracts.
In addition to his NEC and procurement work Ian also acts as adjudicator, dispute resolver and quantum Expert Witness.
Rachel Allison, Carbon Manager, HS2
Dr Rachel Allison is Carbon Manager at High Speed Two Ltd. She works to reduce carbon emissions and improve the climate resilience of the railway during its design, construction and operation. With over a decade of experience in climate research and practice Rachel is an aadvocate for holistic thinking for a net zero, resilient future.
Mark Smith, Strategic Water Sector Director, RSK
Mark is a global water sector specialist with extensive experience across the sector. A chemical engineer by profession, he focuses on process engineering and innovation. As the Group Water Sector Director at RSK, he works work internationally to deliver the UNSDGs. Mark is passionate about data and AI for driving innovation and works globally to deliver new solutions. Mark believes that solutions to the world's water problems exist, and the challenge lies in implementing them He is the current Chairman of Future Water Association and also serves as a board director of WRc, Cognica, MWH Treatment, and is the Managing Director of Terraffix Soil Solutions Ltd.
Cllr Peter Schwier, Councillor, Essex County Council’s Climate Czar
Peter Schwier is a retired farmer by profession, and he was elected to lead on environment, waste reduction and recycling at Essex County Council. The Council has developed an ambitious £250 million Climate Action Plan as part of its commitment to move Essex to become as carbon neutral as possible.
Elena Lindsey, Senior Civil Engineer, JBA
As an accomplished engineering leader passionate about the natural environment, I drive sustainable, nature-based solutions and build high-performing teams to tackle complex challenges. I shape projects and policy to fit local contexts, championing international strategies that advance social mobility, talent development, and environmental stewardship.
Tim Cockayne, CEO, Traffic Management (TM), The Chevron Group
(Formerly CEO of Ramudden Global UK incorporating Chevron Traffic Management – Jan 15 to Feb 25)
Tim has overseen Chevron’s growth from revenues of £25m in 2015 to revenues of £270m. A key element of this growth has included the scaling of digital services to start transforming the sector. This has included commencing transition from ‘Routine’ to ‘Event Based’ Maintenance using IOT and Smart Geo Zoning.
Raymond Poon, Director, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), HKSARG
Ir Raymond KY POON is the Director of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of HKSAR. He is overseeing the engineering services for over 100 government departments and public organisations, as well as the enforcement of legislations in ensuring public safety on using electricity, gas, railway and other electrical and mechanical installations, and promoting energy efficiency and conservation and application of renewable energy in Hong Kong. Ir POON has been working in the government for 30 years and taken up professional and managerial roles in the areas of engineering services, project management, business development as well as regulatory enforcement.
Dr David Wright FREng, Chair, Energy Research Partnership, Former Chief Engineer & Chief Risk Officer, National Grid
David is a Chartered Engineer and former National Grid executive, now advising on infrastructure, risk, and resilience while co-chairing the UK Energy Research Partnership.
He is a Chartered Engineer and former FTSE100 executive with 30+ years’ leadership in energy and infrastructure. He served as National Grid’s Chief Engineer and CRO, led a £9bn acquisition, and now builds a non-executive portfolio. He advises on resilience, risk, and sustainability, and co-chairs the UK Energy Research Partnership.
Richard Buckingham, Climate Change and Carbon Manager, Anglian Water
Richard is the Climate Change and Carbon Manager at Anglian Water. His efforts are concentrated around carbon reductions from operations, from our construction programme and the climate resilience of our assets. He is involved in the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) project with UKPN and BT investigating climate change related cascade failure across the inter-related infrastructure network.
Augusto Gutierrez, Peru Country Director, Gleeds
Augusto Gutierrez is Country Director of Gleeds in Peru. Civil Eng., MBA, NECReg, DRBF member, with experience managing PMOs, standard contracts and dispute boards. 30 years in project management for construction and infrastructure, but also in real estate, mining, oil, retail and more sectors. Official reviewer of NEC Spanish version.
He is Director in Gleeds. CivilEng., MBA, NECReg, with 30 years of experience, and managing of PMOs, standard contracts and dispute boards. Reviewer of NEC Spanish version.
Janet Young , Director General and Secretary, Institution of Civil Engineers
Dr Janet Young CBE joined the ICE as director general in January 2023. She has extensive experience in the built environment sector across the whole asset lifecycle, having most recently worked in the Cabinet Office where she was head of the Government Property Profession, leading built environment professionals across government departments and arm’s length bodies.
She has also been global director of estates for the British Council, director of estates for the Ministry of Justice, and head of asset management in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
She is a Major Projects Leadership Academy graduate of the Saïd Business School, and a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Royal Engineers, and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Her PhD, Towards Zero Energy Buildings, looked at the challenges and solutions for low carbon and energy developments.
Michelle McCann, Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer, NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP)
Michelle McCann oversees the strategic direction for Sustainability, Social Value and Innovation at NHS LPP. She is responsible for leading the approach across NHS member trusts and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in London to enable them to support sustainability initiatives that will positively contribute to the delivery of NHS Net Zero target by 2040, and embed, track and measure social value in procurement activity to maximise the impact achieved for local communities.
Michelle is dedicated to educating and inspiring all to live greener. She specialises in engagement with stakeholders and customers by taking a collaborative approach – using appropriate consultation blended with defining practical needs. Working closely with London ICBs, anchor institutions, NHS London, the London Estates Delivery Board and others, in early 2022, she helped deliver a pan-London Social Value Tool for ICBs which is now tracking and reporting on the Social Value commitments made by suppliers through the procurement process, against the Social Value priorities for the region.
Phil Boyes, Associate Project Manager, Arcadis Consulting (UK)
Philip role as an NEC professional is to support clients to deliver NEC projects, with a focus on non-regulated water and flood resilience projects from early stage to construction and operation. He works closely and impartially with the contract parties and wider teams to implement successful projects to protect communities.
Kathryn Tyley, Environment Engineer, Pluviam
Kathryn helps clients adapt to changing rainfall patterns due to climate change through flood risk assessment and management (NFM, SuDS and traditional methods), runoff treatment and CSO reduction, and water security studies. She works closely with other specialists to provide wider climate adaptation such as increased canopy cover and biodiversity.
Helen Marriner, Graduate Engineer, WSP
Helen Marriner is a Graduate Engineer at WSP and one of ICE President Professor Jim Hall's Future Leaders. She began her career as an Engineering Trainee at Cadenza Transport Consulting, where she gained hands-on project experience while completing her academic studies. Helen graduated with a MEng in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol in 2023. Over the past 7 years, Helen has worked on a diverse range of rail infrastructure projects, from feasibility studies to detailed design for local and national governments. She has also been involved in project and design management, social value initiatives, and has supported an expert witness. Currently, with the ICE President’s Future Leaders scheme, Helen is focusing on research projects which focus on: improving infrastructure resilience through asset management and the delivery of long-term social value. In the past two months, Helen has started a secondment in the WSP Bridges team and is enjoying this new challenge.
Valeriya Cherkasova, Senior Consulting Expert, Thinkproject
Winner of the UK Building Awards, Contract Manager and Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Valeriya is passionate about digitalisation and emerging technologies and their practical application in construction.
Qualified in international construction law and a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Valeriya is passionate about digitalisation and emerging technologies and their practical application in construction. She has 15+ years of industry experience gained on a variety of projects within the infrastructure, construction and energy sectors in the UK and internationally.
Dr Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation, Northumbrian Water Group
Dr. Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation at Northumbrian Water, is a visionary leader with a PhD in physical chemistry and a boundless passion for innovation. With a knack for fostering innovation cultures and streamlining processes, she drives purpose-driven innovation strategies. Extensive cross-sector experience, Angela has spearheaded transformative product and commercial innovations across several sectors, including managing billion-dollar FMCG franchise pipelines. Renowned for her strategic mindset and out-of-the-box thinking, Angela is a collaborative force, adept at maximizing ideas and simplifying complexity.
Kirils Holstovs , Engineer, Transportation (Rail, Structures & Ground Engineering), AECOM
An award-winning bridge engineer and sustainability consultant at AECOM and Climate Change Lead of the ICE North East Regional Committee. Co-leads an international team of young engineers at WFEO that develops climate policy initiatives. Has served as a sustainability project coordinator and stakeholder engagement coordinator for an internationally significant mega-event.
Andy Powell, Manager, National Engineering Innovation Team, Engineering & Technical Assurance, Environment Agency
Andy led the Environment Agency's National Engineering Innovation team within the Standards, Asset Management and Engineering team in the Flood and Coastal Risk Management directorate. The team works with project teams and supplier delivery partners to initiate, develop, coordinate, support, promote and share innovative approaches and best practice to achieve more sustainable asset management outcomes (e.g. cost efficiency, resource efficiency, H&S, environmental).
Philippe Dessoy, President, Confederation of International, Contractors’ Associations (CICA)
Philippe DESSOY has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa and he was instrumental in expanding Six Construct and BESIX Group activities in the Middle East. Mr. Dessoy has helped the Group into becoming one important player on the contracting activities. Major contracts won include works on the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai, the world’s tallest structure.
His qualifications and many years of experience led to his recognition to be a member of BESIX’s Executive & Strategic Committee. As General Manager of BESIX Group, Philippe Dessoy has a rather prominent role in today’s construction industry.
Philippe DESSOY is currently the Vice-President of the Europeans International Contractors (EIC) and of the Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA).
Graham Hadfield, Commercial and Contract Management Lead – Infrastructure, Rolls Royce Submarines Limited
Graham is the Commercial and Contract Management Lead for the Rolls Royce Submarines Infrastructure Programme. He specialises in advising upon and the delivery of major energy and infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally in a wide range of sectors including nuclear and defence.
He has particular expertise in developing and establishing collaborative delivery models, incentivisation structures, post-contract management and NEC training. Graham has extensive NEC contract experience having advised, lead and administered numerous major procurements utilising the NEC suite of contracts.
Peter Higgins, Chair, NEC4 Contract Board
Peter is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. In 2000 he established pdConsult, a consultancy organisation to provide strategic advice, contract procurement, contract management and dispute resolution services to the construction industry.
Before this, Peter was responsible for the worldwide civil engineering work of a major UK consultancy. He has a background in civil engineering, building and landscape with experience on a wide range of engineering projects in the UK, Africa, and in the Middle and Far East.
Since 1995 Peter has led the NEC drafting panels set up by the ICE to prepare the NEC forms of contract and guidance, and now chairs the NEC4 Contract Board.
Chris Slocombe, Partner, Clayton Utz
Chris Slocombe, Partner and Head of Construction at Australian law firm Clayton Utz, is a front-end construction lawyer with over two decades of experience advising on major projects across all industry sectors. He has advised on the most significant implementations of NEC4 contracts in Australia to date.
Matthew Garratt, Commercial Director, Dalkia, EDF Group
Matthew is a commercial director who has spent 30 years working in the UK engineering and construction industry.
He is a chartered surveyor and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has enthusiasm for contract strategy and collaborative working.
Current role is commercial director for Dalkia Engineering and previously worked for Costain in the delivery of UK infrastructure, and NG Bailey.
Matthew joined the NEC Panel in 2005 and now sits on the NEC4 Board – he is approaching 20 years working with NEC.
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