Construction and engineering

With over 35 specialist construction lawyers, we have one of the largest teams in the UK. Our experience spans all industry sectors and our clients include contractors, specialists, consultants, central and local government bodies, utilities, developers, funders and insurers. We provide a full range of transactional, procurement and dispute resolution services.

Many of our lawyers have been seconded to major contractor clients and procurers of construction services. This gives us a valuable insight into how our advice can best support your commercial objectives.

You can read more about our sector experience, approach and range of services by following the links below.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Accommodation
• Civil engineering
• Commercial and industrial
• Defence
• Education
• Energy and nuclear
• Fit out
• Healthcare
• Retail and leisure
• Transport and infrastructure
• Utilities

We regularly advise on:

• Construction insurance
• Dispute avoidance and resolution
• Health & Safety
• PPP and PFI projects
• Transactional construction

Industry recognition

• RPC was shortlisted in the annual FT Innovative Lawyers Awards in the Category of "Value Resourcing– Bringing Transparency to Legal Costs" for the Excel tools we have developed for managing legal costs and resources

Selected directory listings

• "Dynamic and commercial... always grasps exactly what we want to achieve" - Chambers UK 2013
• "RPC is ‘experienced in understanding the commercial imperatives that drive the resolution of disputes’, particularly for insurers" - The Legal 500, 2012 edition
• "Strong presence in the construction sector on both contentious and transactional instructions... a notable reputation for its insurance-related expertise" - Chambers UK 2012
• "Technically superb service... well-organised and strategic team" - The Legal 500, 2011 edition
• "This firm maintains a strong profile in construction-related insurance matters, and also has a healthy contentious and transactional practice" - Chambers UK 2011
• "Clients attribute the firm's growing stature to its 'pragmatism and simple ability to listen to us - we like to try and get it involved as early as possible, cutting disputes off before they fully develop'" - Chambers UK 2009
• "Refreshing approach to advice and... extraordinary work standards" - Chambers UK 2009
• "Seamless coverage in terms of advice" - Chambers UK 2008

For further information on our Construction practice, contact Robert Hogarth (robert.hogarth@rpc.co.uk) To read our Construction publications, click here.