Richard Causer joins Gateley Vinden, the specialist built environment consultancy arm of professional services group Gateley, following previous roles with Turner & Townsend, The Tudor Rose Partnership and HKA.
He replaces Paul Ives, who left the firm to set up his own consultancy.
Causer has more than 25 years of industry experience, beginning his career as a contractor鈥檚 quantity surveyor before spending the last 18 years specialising in dispute resolution. This includes adjudication, mediation, arbitration and litigation, as well as quantum disputes, loss and expense claims and expert witness services.聽聽聽
At Gateley Vinden in London, he will lead the dispute resolution offering for its construction clients, as well as supporting the consultancy鈥檚 cost and project management, fund monitoring, building surveying, surety bond claims, and corporate and insurance services. The team also extends its expertise to the wider Gateley group.
聽On his appointment, Causer said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a turbulent few years which has seen the industry squeezed through pressures including the delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects, the Labour government鈥檚 1.5 million new homes target, increasing materials costs and a national skills and resource shortage.
鈥淎s a result, it鈥檚 more important than ever before to provide an offering that truly gets under the skin of construction companies to help them de-risk and have the best chance of success. Gateley Vinden鈥檚 dispute resolution team has a wide breadth of experience and, with scope for further growth, it鈥檚 a really exciting time to join and spearhead its unique and much-needed proposition within the market.鈥�
Gateley Vinden managing director Gayle Taylor said: 鈥淒ispute resolution is a key service for our business and Richard has an impressive pedigree, which makes him the perfect fit to lead and grow the team. Being part of a professional services company means we are able to seamlessly collaborate with the legal experts within the wider group and differentiate ourselves within the market by delivering leading solutions which no other consultancy can match. This puts our dispute resolution team at the forefront of the industry and has seen us become the go to consultants within the built environment.鈥澛犅�
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