Professor David Mosey CBE PhD FICE is Emeritus Professor at King’s College, chair of the Constructing Excellence Gold Standard Task Group and a member of the NEC Contract Board. He was Director of the King’s Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution from 2013 to 2020 and was head of Projects and Construction at law firm Trowers & Hamlins from 1991 to 2013. David started his career on a four-year secondment to the Government of Bahrain and later ran the Trowers office in the Sultanate of Oman where he was also Chair of British Scholarships for Oman.

David was appointed by the UK government in 2021 to lead an “Independent Review of Public Sector Construction Frameworks” His recommendations for improving value, improving safety, managing risk and achieving net zero carbon are set out in “Constructing the Gold Standard” and were endorsed by government and industry in the 2022 “Construction Playbook”.  David also co-authored “Guidance on Collaborative Procurement for Design and Construction to Support Building Safety” that shows how balanced evaluation, early supply chain involvement, full consultation and digital data are essential to avoid another Grenfell Tower disaster.

David has advised on the procurement of construction and engineering projects in many jurisdictions, and he was described by Constructing Excellence as having ‘probably worked on more collaborative projects than anyone else in the UK construction industry in the last two decades and can literally point to billions of pounds worth of projects which he has directly influenced.’ David is principal author of the “PPC2000” collaborative contract and the “FAC-1” and “TAC-1” alliance contracts, adopted on procurements worth over £100 billion.

David received the 2021 TECSA Clare Edwards Award for “professional excellence and an outstanding contribution to the legal profession serving the construction and infrastructure industry” and he was awarded a CBE in the 2023 New Year Honours List for “services to the construction industry”. In 2024 he accepted a Presidential Invitation to join the ICE Fellowship.