Construction & Infrastructure
Led by Michael de la Torre
Appointments shaped by delivery context—not title alone.
Construction and infrastructure leadership is defined by the environment in which delivery must occur: project scale, commercial model, technical interfaces and the result required.
Similar titles can carry very different authority and risk across contractors, developers, consultancies, asset owners and infrastructure organisations.
Practice scope
Leadership across projects, commercial performance and delivery.
The practice spans project delivery, commercial, engineering, development, construction operations and infrastructure leadership.
Executive and operational leadership
Managing director, operations and business-unit leadership across delivery organisations.
Project and program leadership
Project, program and delivery leadership across major projects and capital programs.
Commercial, contracts and project controls
Commercial, contracts, procurement, project controls, planning and reporting leadership.
Engineering and technical leadership
Engineering, design and technical leadership across complex project environments.
Development and pre-construction
Development, approvals, bids, estimating and pre-construction leadership.
Construction operations and infrastructure delivery
Construction operations, asset delivery, commissioning, safety, quality and project-risk leadership.
Mandate context
The same title can carry different authority, exposure and risk.
A Project Director or Commercial Director may operate within a contractor, developer, consultancy, asset owner or infrastructure operator while carrying a materially different mandate.
The search begins with scale, lifecycle, delivery model, commercial exposure, technical requirements and stakeholders.
Project scale, complexity and asset class
Project lifecycle and delivery model
Procurement and contracting environment
Owner, developer, contractor, consultant or operator context
Commercial accountability and risk allocation
Technical interfaces, safety and quality obligations
Stakeholder exposure and team environment
Location, travel and site conditions
Director-led search
Project and commercial context before market comparison.
Relevant experience is shaped by where authority sits, how risk is allocated and whether delivery occurs client-side, contractor-side or within an advisory environment.
Rhodes & Co. begins with delivery and commercial context, then considers adjacent environments, leadership credibility, stakeholder exposure and lifecycle alignment.
- Direct briefing around the project, delivery and commercial context
- Clarity on the organisation's role within the delivery environment
- Market mapping across comparable and adjacent project environments
- Consideration of leadership, delivery and stakeholder credibility
- Attention to contract, lifecycle, safety and risk context
- Introductions shaped by mandate relevance rather than volume
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