Design of earth-retaining structures • Basement design • Site investigation • Slope stability • Geotechnical monitoring • Numerical analysis of geotechnical structures • Ground improvement • Foundation & pile design • Reinforced earth

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...

• Experienced expert • Opinion and evidence given at mediations and planning enquiries, arbitrations and in High Court, in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, South Africa and Europe • Established specialist engineering geologist in the fields of rock engineering and geotechnical engineering • Experienced lead designer on long tunnel projects, cavern schemes and high rock slopes • Forensic investigation and root cause analysis of failures and construction difficulties involving geology and groundwater • Examples include...

Engineering geology • Rock engineering • Rock falls • Geotechnical engineering • Geology • Foundation engineering • Site investigation • Earthworks & slopes - roads • Earthworks & slopes - rail • Earth-retaining structures • Slope drainage • Slope stabilisation • Landslides • Mines & quarries • Quarries Regulations 1999 • Tips • Tailings, dams & lagoons • Risk assessment • Geohazards • Ground anchors • Geomorphology • Debris flows

Expert witness and troubleshooting of the following electrical building services: • Extra low voltage • Safety extra low voltage • Low voltage • Standby generation • Uninterruptible power supplies • Critical and essential electrical systems • Earthing • Lightning protection • Interior lighting • Exterior lighting • Emergency lighting • Fire alarm systems • Due diligence surveys and investigation • Mediation • Scott schedules • Contractual disputes • Testing and commissioning procedures • Dilapidation surveys • Forensic investigations • Electrical...

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...

Containment systems engineering for landfills, tailings lagoons & heap leach pads • Geosynthetics engineering & use • Geosynthetics testing • Steepwall lining systems for deep quarry landfills • Composite lining systems, including clay, bentonite-enriched soil (BES), geomembranes, geotextiles • Leachate & landfill gas • Earthworks • Safety & risk in geotechnical engineering • Construction quality assurance (CQA) • Waste management & disposal • Ground investigation

Disputes in marine survey operations • Professional negligence claims • Conflicts in dredging claims • Contractual disputes • Reinterpretation of geophysical survey data • Loss of earnings estimates following injury offshore • Risk assessment & mitigation • Offshore & onshore site investigations • Claims against wind farm developers • Seismic risk assessment • Environmental impact assessments • Submarine cable route & pipeline route surveys • UXO risk mitigation

Power distribution systems • Cables • Cable failures • Power transmission systems • Cable joint design • Cable joint failures • Cable accessories • Cable terminations • Cable accessory design • Cable installation • Electrical equipment condition assessment • Partial discharge testing • Third party damage to cable systems • Underground cables

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...

All aspects of geotechnical engineering, ground investigation, earthworks, foundations, piling, geotextiles, unforeseen ground claims • Author of SHW series 500 Drainage and Earthwork 600 series plus associated DMRB Vol 4 CUBS Expert Witness - Cardiff University Business School 2023

Accident, fire & explosion investigation in electrical installations • Electrical apparatus & plant failure • Electricity generation, transmission, distribution & supply, overhead lines & underground cables • Electrical installations disputes • High reliability systems • Renewable energy, feasibility, design, advice • Electrical power systems, design, installation, commissioning, operation & maintenance Experience Electricity Supply • Generation, transmission, distribution • Operations, maintenance, research, design,...

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

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...

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

I have over 30 years' experience in rubber manufacture and in particular materials research and development with a global manufacturer of commercial and military products. Rubber materials • Production • Manufacturing • Testing • Failure analysis • Tyres • Hoses • Seals • O rings • Gaskets • Gas masks • Anti-vibration mounts • Product and material ageing • Injection moulding • Extrusion • Computer simulation of moulding, rheology and flow • Rubber polymers • Rubber mixing • Rubber processing • Experimental design

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,...

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

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...

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...

Construction safety • Occupational health & safety • Personal injury • Slips & trips • Manual handling • Accident investigations • Flooding damage • Geotechnical engineering • Foundations & earthworks • Embankments & cuttings • Soil & rock slope instability • Subsidence, settlement & heave • Treatment of mineworkings • Landfill engineering • Stabilisation works • Retaining walls • Ground improvement • Contamination • Drainage

Highways • Bridges • Earthworks • Foundations • Drainage • Flood defences • Reinforced concrete • Multi-storey car parks • Retaining structures • Housing • Commercial developments • Sustainable drainage works • Contract administration