Structural engineering issues relating to buildings, including but not limited to the following: • Steel, timber and reinforced/post-tensioned concrete frames. • Multi-disciplinary design and BIM. • Cladding and roofing. • Excessive deflections and vibrations. • Water ingress.

Expert witness reports on garden and landscape projects relating to standards, quality of construction, workmanship and contractual issues relating to Terms and Conditions and CDM Regulations • Accredited Evaluative Mediator for Civil and Commercial Disputes • Specialising in dispute issues in the garden and landscape industry, including Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 reports, statements of opinion, preliminary reports and distance reports

Buildings & structures • Civil engineering works • Drainage • Infrastructure services

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Engineering design • Steelwork • Reinforced concrete • Masonry • Buildings • Basements • Movement • Cracking • Failure • Collapse • Waterproofing • Water ingress • Roofs • Floor slabs • Foundations • Piling • Underpinning • Retaining walls • Deep basements • Diaphragm walls • Heave • Subsidence • Ground movement • Deflection • Vibration • Railway stations • Underground stations • Airports • Car parks • Industrial buildings • Remedial works

Investigation & testing of building & civil engineering materials & components Charles Darley Associates are independent materials testing consultants. Expertise is available in a wide range of materials and components including blockwork, cladding, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete, flooring, glazing, plaster, render, roofing systems and screeds. Dr Darley specialises in failure investigation, appraisal of latent defects and deterioration and assessment of physical damage.

Building defects • Works not in accordance with Building Regulations • Reviews of design information in relation to scope • Reviews of the design/construction of external walls with respect to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (e.g. material specification, cavity barriers) • Performance of the architect or lead designer

I have 50 years' experience of civil & structural engineering as a consultant covering a wide range of general engineering design & construction issues involving both modern & historic construction • I have provided expert witness advice on subsidence, settlement, drainage, building material problems & defects • Structural inadequacy of large steel structures • Resolution of insurance claims

Subsidence cases • Workmanship issues in construction, both commercial and domestic • Drainage issues • Paving • Concrete • Brickwork defects • Defective design 40 years' experience of the construction industry in the UK and Middle East.

• Dispute resolution claims, adjudication and arbitration • Professional negligence claims - Philip regularly acts for parties that are seeking compensation from a negligent surveyor or representing surveyors where an allegation of negligence has been made • Expert witness reports acting as a claimant, defendant and/or single joint expert in building dispute matters • Party wall consultant and published author on the Party Wall Act, first person to undertake doctoral research into the Party Wall, etc., Act 1996 •...

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Offshore structures • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Portal frames • Tanks • Liquid retaining structures • Structural analysis • Structural assessment • Structural surveys • Structural design • Structural strengthening • Structural repair • Remedial works • Renovations • Professional negligence •...

An architect with 37 years' experience on a range of building types & sizes. I advise upon claims against architects; investigate defective building fabric, especially external walls & flat & pitched roofs, condensation & air leakage & disputes concerning inspection, valuation & certification. I act in mediation, arbitration & adjudication, as an SJE, & give evidence at the TCC. I work throughout the UK for insurers, loss adjustors, building owners, contractors & material suppliers. I am included on the List...

Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry. He started his career working on construction sites whilst studying civil engineering, obtaining a first-class honours degree. He then worked at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in the UK, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer in 2009. Nick then began focusing on forensic engineering and dispute resolution work at a specialist consultancy in the UK, and has been working as an Expert Witness,...

Academy of Experts & Registered Expert Witness Consulting Engineer with more than 50 years' experience in the UK, Middle East, Far East and SE Asia. Design of numerous low- and high-rise commercial, industrial and public buildings and structures, as well as basements, foundations and retaining walls involving: • masonry • concrete • steel • timber. Investigation of defective: • design • materials • construction • fabrication • manufacturing. Investigation of: • failure in duty of care in civil, structural and environmental...

• Chartered Architect • Full time Expert Witness • RIBA Register of Experts • Academy of Experts • Society of Construction Law • Experienced in architectural and contractual disputes • CPR 35 reports; has been cross-examined • Registered Mediator Expert architect in buildings and construction and professional negligence • Expertise on fire regulations, fire stopping & fire compliance • Recognised as an expert in the external envelope brick timber and cladding • Architect's negligence • Has been instructed by both claimant...

Masonry defects & masonry product defects • Floor finish failures • Cast stone products, quality & failure • Glass fibre-reinforced concrete • Render finishes • Quality of brickwork • Defects & failures to concrete components & concrete structures • Car park toppings • Refurbishment to commercial & domestic property • Quality of concrete supply • Defective imprinted concrete • Objective digital comparison of questionable concrete surfaces

Chartered Bridge Engineer with extensive experience of bridge engineering. • Bridge design to old historical standards (BS5400 and earlier) • Bridge design to current eurocode standards • Prestressed concrete and steel composite bridge design • Strengthening of substandard bridge structures • Remedial works for bridge structures • Bridge maintenance works • Bridge inspection works and training • DMRB and NR standards • Defect identification • Bridge management • Bridge defects cause • Retaining walls

Structural defects • Concrete defects • Building refurbishment • Building materials • Building defects • Contractual disputes • Structural & building failures • Deleterious materials • M & E issues • Fitness for purpose • Workmanship • Contract disputes • Building fabric • Roofing • Windows • Cladding • Stone masonry • Brickwork • Render • Plaster • Mortar • Corrosion • Coatings • Cathodic protection • Concrete repairs • Durability

Structural engineering including: • Subsidence • Structural stability • Structural design of all major construction materials • Vibration of structures • Domestic, residential, commercial properties • Highway structures • Disputes in design • Housing disrepair (structural engineering) • Compliance with Building Regulations and Codes of Practice • High-rise construction • Foundation design (structure)

Concrete use, specification & failure investigation • Mortar • Render • Screed flooring • Sealants • Paint • Chemical analysis • Ceramic tiling, internal & external • Corrosion • Reinforcement corrosion • Petrographic analysis • Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) • UKAS accredited for selected tests

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • High-rise • Underground structures • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Bridges • Ports • Petrochemical facilities • Offshore structures • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Rail • Airports • Stations • Silos • Domes • Concrete shells • Steel grid shells • Portal frames • Tanks • Liquid retaining structures • Structural analysis • Structural...

Building surveying • Expert in all aspects of building litigation, including defective construction, including, but not exclusively, drains, cavity walls, mortar, brickwork, roofs, floors, drainage, windows, dampness, condensation, concrete • Valuation for interim or final accounts • Advice on building contracts • Professional negligence • Whether a house is built to NHBC Building Regulations or Building Guarantee Standards • Party wall awards • Expert reports & advice • Compliant with CPR Other offices: (i) 1 Kew Place,...

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Forensic engineering • Maritime engineering • Coastal engineering • Design • Construction • Workmanship • Professional negligence • Damage • Defects analysis • Cracking • Buckling • Corrosion • Deflections • Deterioration • Dilapidations • Settlement • Subsidence • Heave • Ground movement • Concrete quality • Concrete durability • Concrete strength • Concrete testing • Basements • Foundations • Refurbishment • New build • Historic buildings • Raised access floors • Floor slabs • Screeds • Structural analysis • Structural stability •...

Materials specialist, investigating matters involving: • Concrete technology • Warehouse floors & hardstandings • Failure of concrete repair works • Concrete durability & specification • Concrete placing, bleed & shrinkage cracking • Paints & coatings for concrete • Air entrainment of concrete & performance in freezing conditions • Construction in hot climates • Underground concrete construction • Concrete test methods & data interpretation • General forensic examination of construction failures