Extensive international experience in stone consultancy, geomaterials, construction materials & testing methods, quality & application of construction products • Experienced in specification, analysis & assessment of geomaterials & in-service structural & performance-related failure investigations • Specialist in the evaluation of natural stone for internal & external cladding & flooring & paving applications, including specification, selection, testing, quarry & supplier facility assessments, failure investigations

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

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

• 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...