Analysis of defective building construction/design • Negligent building contract administration • Building contract disputes • Negligent building surveys of property • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes

1. Cargo damage 2. Navigation and shipping accidents 3. Contract disputes in oil and gas 4. Shipbuilding and maintenance disputes 5. Ship management and charter party disputes 6. Bunkering and ship supply 7. Bill of lading disputes 8. Ship recycling disputes 9. Port operations 10. Port maritime services 11. Goods transportation on land 12. Cargo clearance and customs 13. Investment in maritime assets

Quantity surveying • Quantum • Construction contracts • Quantification and valuation of work carried out • Quantification of damages, loss and/or expenses incurred • Liability in professional negligence matters • Liability in professional indemnity matters • Programming issues (e.g. delay, extension of time, acceleration and disruption) • Due diligence forensic examination of companies and projects

I am an architect with 35 years' experience on a range of building types and sizes and in various capacities. I completed my MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration at Kings College London and I also hold a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. I am an arbitrator and adjudicator. I am a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers and I hold a Professional Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment (Life Safety). Member of the Academy of Experts. Listed on the RIBA Register of Experts. I hold the Cardiff University...

Building defects • Professional negligence • Construction disputes • Architectural design • Project management • Party walls • Flat roof defects • Roof defects • Window defects • Cavity wall insulation Simon has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry where he has practised as a chartered building surveyor and chartered project management surveyor on a wide range of instructions, including building surveys, defects diagnosis, party walls, dilapidations, project management, contract administration and health...

Quantum • Construction, civil engineering, railway, highway, infrastructure, building & refurbishment • Loss of profit in construction contracts • Breach of construction contracts • Extension of time analysis • Loss and expense claims • Flood damage • Fire/smoke damage • Storm damage • Professional fees Construction/quantity surveying costs Control • Planning • Forecasting • Estimating • Interim valuations • Delay cost calculations • Cashflow • Valuation of sums withheld Construction contracts Subcontracts • Procurement, selection...

Hugh has over 35 years’ experience in civil, structural and multidisciplinary design, engineering and management of major infrastructure and building projects, including design-build, PFI and BOT projects. He has been responsible for the design and management of many unique building and infrastructure projects, including complex above and below ground structures in difficult ground conditions. Hugh has extensive expertise in civil, structural, geotechnical, transportation, utility, water, wastewater design...

35 years of design and project management activity in the commercial fit-out environment provides me with a wealth of experience to solve problems with high levels of intuitive analysis. I have spent my entire career working and delivering complex projects in this field. 2023 spent in Montego Bay, Jamaica, delivering ' Bob Marley One Love' restaurant at the international airport • Caribbean experience • Island process logistic methods and working with offshore Colombian contractors importing finished furniture...

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,...

I have extensive experience in the design, specification, supervision and/or project management of mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, on a wide variety of commissions, including healthcare projects. During that time I have undertaken design audits and/or detailed technical appraisals of both new and existing mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, prepared expert witness reports and provided advice to clients and their legal representatives in respect of duties...

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or...

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

I am a Chartered Building Surveyor and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over a decade of surveying experience. I have also completed the RICS Expert Witness Certificate, and am familiar with providing CPR35-compliant reports. The majority of my experience is within core building surveying services, providing building surveys, building pathology and defect diagnosis, damp diagnosis and contract administration. I have a specific skillset within the heritage and listed buildings...

Suspended ceilings • Partitions • Raised access floors • Dry lining & drywall partitions • Glass & glazed partitions • Shaftwalls • Plasterwork (solid & cast) • External render • Stucco • Subcontract disputes (building) • Interior fit-outs • Extensive experience in acting as expert engaged on behalf of building owners, main & management contractors, subcontractors & specialists in disputes as to quantum, performance, merchantable or satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose & infringement of design copyright • Appointments as expert...

Disrepair • Construction defects • Design and specification • Construction procurement and tendering • Programme management • Contract administration • Housing • Educational buildings

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

RICS Registered Expert Witness I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 30 years' construction experience in commercial, education, healthcare, justice, industrial, mixed-use, retail, infrastructure and residential buildings. I have significant hands-on experience in numerous forms of contract, including JCT, NEC, PFI, IChemE and bespoke main and subcontract forms. Quantum • Valuation of work carried out and sums withheld • Application of Construction Act • Payment notices • Payless notices • Notified sums • Extension...

Neighbourly & Boundary Disputes I have been appointed as party wall surveyor for building owners and adjoining owners. I frequently provide advice to parties wishing to undertake works close to or on the boundary, which may or may not fall within the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. This includes commercial and domestic clients. I am employed to help resolve disputes between parties over neighbourly matters, including the undertaking of building works or the removal of boundary features by one party, the position...

Full-time expert witness experienced in technical report writing for building, development and construction project disputes and insurance claims • For claimant, defendant, contractor, employer, insurer • 40 years of professional industry experience, including 20 years at partner or director level in international property firms • Worked in the UK, Europe, US, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai Building surveying • Building defects pathology diagnosis and causation • Inspections and survey reports • Professional negligence •...

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

Building contract disputes: financial & contractual analysis • Dilapidations claims • Dampness & disrepair claims • Party Wall Act • Defective or incomplete building works • Building defects: commercial & residential • Boundary disputes • Access to neighbouring land • Insolvency claims in construction contracts • Mr Frias-Robles is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) • Party wall expert & Chairman of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club (Wessex Branch)

Architect's appointment: practice, fees, competence and professional negligence • Building contracts and subcontracts: obligations, delay, disruption, extensions of time, architects' instructions, certificates, practical completion, partial possession, liability • Building construction and design failures • Cladding • Building regulations • Fire safety • Intellectual property: architectural copyright • Disciplinary and regulatory proceedings • Town and Country Planning Act appeals • Public inquiries • Adjudication • ADR • Mediation

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with significant experience in the construction and engineering industry. My expertise covers professional negligence, contractual disputes, contract administration issues and costs disputes. I am the holder of an expert witness training certificate issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Construction final account disputes • Construction variation accounts • Professional negligence (quantity surveyor) • Bank monitoring • JCT, FIDIC, NEC and other forms of contract • Quantum

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or...

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...

• Forensic engineering and expert witness services • Delay and quantum analysis • Construction disputes • Complex insurance claims

Accidents at work & on construction sites, including slipping & tripping cases • Disability accommodation reports • Rights of light cases • Daylight & sunlight studies • Building defects, including investigation of claddings • Construction disputes • Architect negligence cases • Cost of injury, disability, death • Registered Adjudicator • Arbitrator

Building construction problems: • Negligence • Professional negligence (architecture & construction) • Home improvement disputes • Contractual disputes • Contractor & sub-contractor disputes • Improper contract administration (construction) • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Town & country planning: • Listed buildings • Architectural design: • Building conservation • Listed buildings • Design defects (faults) • Architectural defects • Construction works: • Project management (construction) • Architectural & building technology ...

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

I am a Chartered Building Surveyor with over 40 years' experience in all aspects of building surveying and defect diagnosis, with particular experience in residential buildings. I am still actively involved in surveying and contract administration, and recent expert experience has related to housing disrepair, defective building works and criminal cases.

Building, construction problems: • Construction negligence • Professional negligence (architecture & construction) • Home improvement disputes • Contractual disputes (construction) • Contractors, subcontractors disputes • Improper contract administration (construction) • Cost disputes (construction) • Professional fees claims • Programming, time disputes (construction) • Property insurance, claims investigation • Risk assessment (property insurance) • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Personal injury (property insurance) •...

Architecture • Planning • Building regulations • Cladding • Facades • Fire protection • Fire • Professional negligence • Defects • Remedial works • Water ingress • Damp • Roofing • Condensation • Basements • Curtain wall • Glass • Joinery • Partitions • Flooring • Corrosion • Acoustics • Contract administration • Design • Co-ordination • Appointment • Listed buildings • Waterproofing

Building & construction problems Negligence (construction) • Professional negligence (architecture & construction) • Home improvement disputes • Cladding disputes • Contractual disputes (construction) • Contractor/subcontractor disputes (construction) • Improper contract administration (construction) • Cost disputes (construction) • Professional fees claims • Programming & time disputes (construction) • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Professional indemnity (construction) Surveying & valuation Surveyor negligence Construction...

Mediator • Practising Certified Intl Commercial Mediator • ICE's Mediator/Conciliator • CIArb's Mediator • CIArb's CDP Mediator • CIArb's Personal Injury Mediator • CIArb's LB of Tower Hamlets Mediator • RICS' Mediator • CMC's Mediator • CIC's Mediator • TAE's QDR • TAE BMF's Mediator • Clerksroom's Mediator • ICC's Mediator • IMI's Mediator • IMI's Mentor • FIMC's Mediator • WIPO's Mediator • IOM's Mediator • BIMC's Mediator • AMATI • Mayor's & City of London Court's Mediator Arbitrator & Adjudicator • Practising Intl Arbitrator...

Valuing of: • Pecuniary damages associated with employer delays resulting in extension of time to completion in respect of construction contracts • Pecuniary damages associated with disruption claims as a result of breach by the employer • Additional or extra work due to changes in design disputed by the parties • Monetary costs in respect of insurance claims • Pecuniary damages associated with incomplete work or poor work executed by contractors

Project planning & scheduling • Critical path analysis (CPA) • Delay & extension of time (EOT) • Project management • Project controls • Project engineering • Technical • Capital projects • All above in the following sectors: Offshore oil & gas, FPSOs, decommissioning, petrochemicals, pipelines, shipbuilding, oil rigs, power generation, renewables (including offshore wind farms, solar, wave/tidal), infrastructure, capital projects

Architecture • Building defects and regulations • Health and safety

Architects' professional negligence • Architects' appointments & fees • Building contract disputes • Building defects & failures • Cladding & performance in fire • Contract claims, including adjudication response • Land & property disputes, including matters referred to Lands Tribunal • Liability within the design team • Historical analysis of buildings • Preparation of visualisations • Preparation of expert reports • Attendance at court • Participation in all forms of ADR • Representations in respect of planning applications, adjudication...

Forensic Architect involved with the investigation of building defects and allegations of professional negligence for construction disputes. Cases have included: • Fire safety defects in the design and construction of higher risk residential buildings • Waterproofing defects in the design and construction of basements • Review of the responsibilities of design team consultants • Defects under building contracts • Review of building maintenance and operations strategies

Structural engineering design • Building contracts • Settlement or subsidence problems • Insurance relating to buildings • Civil engineering • Structural failures • Drainage • Accidents: industrial & commercial

Building surveying • Building pathology and building defects • Construction disputes • Professional negligence in relation to building surveying and contract administration • Dilapidations • Party wall matters

Experience in architectural practice both pre-contract & post-contract with particular reference to terms of appointment & construction methods & detailing • A detailed knowledge of building regulations involving legislation & building contracts • A member of the RIBA panel of adjudicators • A wide knowledge of landscape contracting disputes as a Director of Deberris Landscapes Ltd • Experience in preparation of reports under legal instruction as an expert both prior to issuing of proceedings & court action • Experience...

Building & construction problems • Negligence (construction) • Professional negligence (architecture/construction) • Home improvement disputes • Contractual disputes (construction) • Contractor & subcontractor disputes • Improper contract administration (construction) • Cost disputes (construction) • Professional fees claims • Programming & time disputes (construction) • Property insurance & claims investigation • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Public liability insurance (construction) • Contractor insurance • Professional...

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

Experience of giving evidence under cross-examination both as a party expert and a single joint expert • Able to accept instructions on: • Professional negligence by architects & building surveyors • Building conservation & listed buildings • Building contract disputes • Failures of contract administration • Programming & time disputes • Design, architectural & construction defects • Building design • Claims for professional fees • Construction professional indemnity claims • Accredited Adjudicator • Chartered Arbitrator

Extensive experience of building & contractual disputes • Investigation & diagnosis of building defects & preparation of Scott schedules • Advice on costings & building technical matters • Application of building law to boundary disputes • Landlord & tenant disputes, dilapidations & lease renewals • Residential, commercial & industrial valuations, including rental valuations • Insurance claims disputes • Professional negligence of construction professionals • Construction health & safety management disputes

Construction defects: investigations & reports into defective work with respect to new & refurbished buildings • Professional negligence: investigations & reports into professional negligence of architects & surveyors • Contract matters: investigations & reports into contract & sub-contract disputes

Provides professional services in the following field of expertise: • Construction defects • Building contract and property title disputes • Landlord and tenant dilapidations • Section 11 housing disrepair

Building surveying: • Structural surveys & valuation • Boundary disputes • Party wall administration • Building defect diagnosis • Construction & contract administration • Building disputes • Subsidence damage • Leasehold dilapidations • Duties of a Chartered Surveyor or Valuer & negligence • Double glazing & conservatory disputes • Fire damage • Fire precautions & means of escape • Kitchen & joinery installation disputes Simon Levy is the Principal of an active, multi-disciplined practice of Chartered Building Surveyors and Designers....

Building contract disputes • Disrepair claims • Defective design & workmanship negligence claims • Building pathology • Building conversion & restoration • Party Wall, etc., Act Mr Mathieson is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Managing Director of Ellis Belk Associates Limited and a practising Chartered Building Surveyor with many years' experience investigating building defects of both design and workmanship. In addition to his expert witness workload, Mr Mathieson has been involved with Channel...

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

Building contract disputes • Surveyor, architect & engineer professional negligence • Valuation of construction works • Final account auditing & evaluation • Measurement of construction works • Fire damage & flood restoration costs • Contractual claims • Insolvency issues relating to construction industry • Performance bond guarantee claims

Civil engineering • Steel erection & cladding • Reinforced concrete structures • Steelfixing & shuttering • Pipelines & drainage works • Scaffolding & work at height • Use of ladders • Tunnelling & tunnelling equipment • Marine work & offshore construction • Augered & impact piling • Grouting • Construction site practice • Earthworks & earthmoving equipment • Excavators & cranes • Contractual disputes & cranes Building • Structural surveys • Building defects • Subsidence & underpinning • Reinstatement following fire, flood or storm • Rising damp...