User:Rufus Howard

Rufus Howard is a leading expert in EIA and planning for nationally significant energy and infrastructure projects. Rufus’s EIA experience includes onshore and offshore wind, flood defence, overhead lines, buried transmission cables, oil and gas pipelines, refineries, substations and converter stations.

A registered Principal EIA Practitioner (IEMA) Rufus is an active participant in driving forward industry best practice in environmental management and assessment. In addition to his role as Director at Royal HaskoningDHV Rufus sits on the Strategic Advisory Council for the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) and is a Member of the Institute of Directors (IoD).

Based in Royal HaskoningDHV's Westminster Offices, Rufus has completed projects in the UK, France, Germany, Libya and Kazakhstan and is an experienced negotiator with legal, financial, government and non-governmental organisations.

Rufus’s Key Specialties: - Energy and Infrastructure Consenting (TCPA, DCO and NSIPs) - Environmental Impact Assessment (Feasibility, Site Selection, Alternatives, Mitigation) - Environmental Law (Planning, CPO, Expert Witness, Public Inquiry, EIA) - Project Management, Consultation and Risk Assessment (Renewables and Infrastructure Projects)