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 •...

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...

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...

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...

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to civil engineering failures and disputes. Areas of expertise include: • Collapse of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete structures and buildings • Construction site, workplace and other health and safety investigations, including the review of responsibilities under CDM, risk assessments and safe systems of work • Wind-induced collapses • Failure of retaining walls • Roof collapses • Structural damage • Review of structural strengthening and remedial...

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)

Specialist in civil & structural engineering • Building structures • Nuclear-related structures • Inspections & appraisals of civil work & structures • Roads & drainage for industrial & housing developments • Experience in planning & building warrant submissions • Power industry, including renewable energy, power stations & substations • Embankment failures • Causes of flooding of land & property • Accidents on construction sites • Tripping accidents • Approved certifier of design • CDM Coordinator for CDM Regulations • Structures...

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

Detailed forensic investigation of accidents, incidents, materials and mechanical failure • Product liability/fitness for purpose • Application of health and safety legislation and associated standards • Hazard identification and assessment of risk • Incorporated Engineer with practical experience in the Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations Regulations (LOLER) and Pressure Safety Systems Regulations (PSSR) inspection industries • Competent in lifting equipment, work equipment, Machinery Directive and general workplace...

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

Geotechnical engineering • Geotechnical analysis • Geotechnical design • Geotechnical assessment • Heavy civils • Buildings • Bridges • Basements • Maritime structures • Industrial slabs • Infrastructure • Road pavements • External paving • Site investigation • Desk study • Ground investigation • Groundwater • Seepage • Foundations • Shallow foundations • Footings • Raft foundations • Deep foundations • Bored piles • Driven piles • Rock sockets • Pile testing • Earth retaining structures • Reinforced earth walls • Gravity retaining wall • Gabion walls • Precast concrete...

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.

I have provided expert opinion and advice regarding concrete and concrete structures to lawyers, government departments, infrastructure/building owners, designers, contractors, materials producers/suppliers and testing organisations. Durability design, non-compliance, construction defects, premature deterioration (especially corrosion), residual life estimation and repair are recurring themes relating to a wide range of structures including buildings, bridges, tunnels, power stations, waste treatment facilities...

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...

I can accept instructions and give an opinion on matters relating to Commissioning & Start-Up (CSU) and Systems Completion. My skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience are applicable across a range of industries and types of project: • Renewable energy • Onshore oil and gas • Offshore oil and gas • Downstream petrochemicals • Pharmaceuticals • Nuclear new build • Nuclear decommissioning • Process plants and facilities • Greenfield and brownfield modifications • Shutdowns/turnarounds on plants and facilities

Construction disputes • Geotechnical-related matters, i.e. insurance claims for subsidence & ground engineering design • Surveyors' negligence • Boundary disputes • Civil & structural engineering-related matters

Electrical contracting • Electrical installation • Electrical drawing & design services • Electrical building service engineering • Electrical estimation Attended courses in: • expert witness report writing • confidence in the courtroom

Expert opinion in electrical engineering • Electrical installation disputes • BS7671 IET Wiring Regulations • Electricity at Work Regulations • Verification of electrical installation designs & specifications • Part P of the Building Regulations • Advice to contractors & consultants based on technical, legal & safety requirements • Forensic analysis of electrical fires

Experienced in sewerage and land drainage matters to include: • drainage investigations • drainage design • preparation of drainage contracts • supervision and management of drainage contracts • management of consulting engineers • hydraulic modelling and masterplanning of sewerage networks. Experienced in allegations of professional negligence against consulting engineers Experienced in allegations of bad workmanship against contractors

Advice to legal teams & media on electrical installations, primarily relating to quality of installation & compliance with safety requirements • Experience in litigation, arbitration & criminal cases, manslaughter & drug-related installations

Mechanical engineering • Pressure vessels • Pressure systems • Safety of amusement rides • Safety of fairground rides • COMAH regulations • Gas explosions • Machinery guarding • Forensic engineering • Scaffolding • Construction • Chemical industry • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

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 •...

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

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...

Building pathology • Construction defects and costs • Boundary disputes • Professional negligence Other experts in the company: Mr Richard Brasnett Chartered Building Surveyor & Mr Aidan Stephenson Chartered Quantity Surveyor

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

I have a wide experience in mining, process industries, power generation, construction and mechanical and electrical engineering. I have been instructed on a broad range of matters, ranging from pressure vessels to electronic controls. Most engineers know how systems should work, and how to interpret standards. My speciality is in understanding, and explaining to laymen, why engineering systems do not work as expected, and in devising and implementing proportionate remedial measures. I have a good track record...

Structural engineering analysis & design • Building structures • Long span structures • Bridges • Car parks • Modular structures • Temporary structures • Precast and in-situ concrete • Structural steelwork • Stadia, sports, grandstands & leisure • Cladding • Roofing • Fatigue • Prestressed concrete • Post-tensioned concrete • Deflection • Shells, plates & domes • Sculptures • Special structures • Demolition • Erection • Piling

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...

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).

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

General civil & structural engineering • Reinforced concrete design • Foundations design • Settlement & subsidence • Bridges • Drainage • Waterproofing • Roofing

Mr Mamoon Alyah is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with 36 years of experience. Over the years, Mr Alyah has been instructed as an expert by clients in the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East and Australia. He prepared expert reports and provided expert advice in matters involving electrical power such as turbines (gas, steam and hydro), solar (PV and CSP), wind, transformers, switchgear, cables and others. Mr Alyah has given evidence in courtrooms and arbitration proceedings in numerous jurisdictions around the...

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

Foundation failures, including heave & subsidence-related problems • Building defects of structure & fabric, including concrete, steel, timber & masonry buildings, whether prefabricated or in situ • Footbridge & cycle bridge-related problems of deck & structure • Concrete failures due to contamination, chloride attack, carbonation, sulphate attack, alkali-silica reaction, together with pollution-related problems & their effect • Prestressing & related problems, including prestressed & post-tensioned in situ concrete •...

1. Power plants (fossil fueled, combined-cycled, solar other RES). Expertise in power systems, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, automation, communications 2. Data analytics - statistical analysis, based on statistical process control (SPC) and statistical quality control (SQC) 3. Maintenance activities, root cause analysis, root cause failure analysis 4. International arbitration in construction and energy disputes 5. (Re-) Insurance claims support 6. Loss adjusters support Mr Maliakis is based...

Building services engineering, mechanical & electrical • Commercial vehicles • Mechanical components & machinery failure investigations • Engineering design

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

Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 20 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,...

The geotechnical issues relating to the analysis, design, specification & construction of building & civil engineering works, e.g. residential developments, commercial developments, highways, railways, landfills • Specifically in the geotechnical areas of slope stability, quarry stability, foundation design & construction, retaining wall design & construction, highway design & construction, railway design & construction, landfill design & construction • Expert reports on all the above issues

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