5-week course: contracts

Ruth Wilkinson

Legal director at Hill Dickinson LLP

Richard Patterson

Richard is a chartered civil engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and procurement and NEC specialist. He has been with global development, engineering and management consultant, Mott MacDonald for 36 years.

Richard was part of the drafting team for NEC4, part of the ICE’s working group on procurement, contracts and carbon/net zero and was one of the four-person team that developed NEC’s recently released secondary option X29, Climate change.

Richard leads on NEC for Mott MacDonald and delivers in-house and client training and training for NEC Training, including their 4-day ECC Project Manager accreditation course. 

Richard is very keen on getting NEC used more widely and has given NEC training in Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Ethiopia, France. Germany, Hong Kong. Ireland, New Zealand, Qatar, Peru, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and the USA.

Richard has contributed to two NEC books, had 7 NEC papers published in ICE’s Proceedings and sat on the Editorial Advisory Panel of the ICE’s journal, Management, Procurement and Law.  He is also a frequent contributor to the NEC website and newsletter (67 articles at the last count and eight in 2023!).

Ian Heaphy

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.

Maryam Adam

After completing her master’s in civil engineering at University College of London, she joined WSP as a graduate engineer in the bridges team. She is part of the ICE early careers network as the sustainability champion, coordinating and planning sustainability presentations.