isurv authors - Wood, Richard
Record details
- Author
- Richard Wood
- Job title and company
- Director, UK Commercial Advisory Lead, Turner & Townsend
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- Biography
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Richard Wood MRICS is Turner & Townsend’s UK Head of Commercial Advisory. He is a commercial director specialising in cost and commercial strategy/commercial advisory across major infrastructure programmes. Richard is currently acting as the Deputy Commercial Director for HS2’s Phase 1 Main Works Civils programme, having previously led the development of a Project 13 enterprise model for HS2 Rail Systems. Richard has also previously developed the commercial model for the Network Rail Southern Integrated Delivery Alliance. He previously led Turner & Townsend’s +100 strong cost and commercial business unit at Heathrow Airport, and has also held roles as the Head of Cost & Controls, Head of Commercial Assurance and Head of Performance Assurance at Crossrail.
Richard is passionate about driving industry improvement. In 2018, he co-authored the Transport infrastructure efficiency strategy and worked with the Construction Leadership Council on industry performance benchmarking and improvement. In 2021, Richard also co-authored Programmes with purpose in conjunction with the CBI. He sat on the Project 13 Executive Board and the Infrastructure Client Group Management Board throughout 2018/19. Richard was also the lead author of the Driving commercial performance on major programmes and projects information paper, published in 2016, and is active in sharing knowledge across the industry; for example, through Turner & Townsend’s Commercial Performance Study.
Richard was highly commended at the 2015 RICS Young Surveyor of the Year Awards and was shortlisted again in 2016. Richard has also been a finalist for Constructing Excellence’s Young Achiever 2017 awards, Construction News’ Rising Star 2018 award and the ACE’s Emerging Professional of the Year 2018 award.
- Company biography
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At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference.
We build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.
We work smarter to face the challenges of the future, bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.
It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.
Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.
