Consultant Chartered Engineer with extensive experience of electrical and control systems engineering, primarily relating to electrical installations and equipment • Certified Member of the Expert Witness Institute • CUBS Criminal Expert Witness Certificate holder • Published author on electrical safety of installations and equipment (by the IET) • BSI Standards Committee Chair or Member covering electrical installations and electrical safety, events and entertainment (including film and TV), electromagnetic compatibility...

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...

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

Compliance of machinery to legal requirements (e.g. Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations) and associated designated standards and the Machinery Directive (EU) • Functional safety of machinery • Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), e.g. guarding of machinery • Safety of electrical and control systems for machinery

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...

After training as a marine engineer, I pursued a career in heat and mass transfer until establishing my own consulting firm. I was first retained by the Department of Energy, then by the DTI Design Advisory Service and the Production Engineering Research Association. I have since undertaken 46 plant design and build projects alongside 53 process consultancies, and completed 17 expert witness instructions. My CEng registration was predicated by the design and engineering of major projects for Alcan Aluminium,...

Electronics failure, including integrated circuit, printed circuit board, component & power electronics failures • Capacitor failures • Assessment of the impact of operating environment on materials, electrical systems & electronic systems, including the effects of pollution, mechanical & electronic stresses • Failure analysis & troubleshooting of consumer & industrial electronics & electro-mechanical systems • Forensic investigation & analysis of electrical & electronic fires • Safety & compliance of electrical products