Howes Percival appoints head of construction

Howes Percival has recruited partner Piet van Gelder as the firm's first head of construction to meet growing demand for construction law services.

Van Gelder is a specialist construction and engineering lawyer who advises clients in the construction, engineering and renewable energy sectors and in respect of compliance with the new regime under the Building Safety Act. 

He has experience of the whole lifecycle of projects from compliance with building regulations, procurement and resolving commercial issues and project accounts. 

Van Gelder has been involved with engineering projects outside the renewables sector including nuclear waste plants, process engineering plants, sequence batch reactors and waste to energy plants. 

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