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...

Safety policy, process and management systems • The application and interpretation of health and safety legislation and guidance in leisure parks, fairgrounds, adventure activities, soft play, outdoor play or any other leisure pursuit • Engineering management across critical national defence infrastructure in peace and conflict

Outdoor activity centre suits • White water rafting • Liability involving water sports • Skiing liability suits • Nordic, telemark or alpine • Liability involving ski equipment • Liability involving ski instruction • Matters concerning Ministry of Defence outdoor education or adventurous training • High wire adventure courses • Climbing parks • Ropes courses • Team building • Stand up paddling (SUP)

Regulation of general health and safety in GB • Use and applicability of health and safety legislation in the wider leisure and entertainment industries with particular expertise in the fairground, theme park, leisure park and similar businesses • Health and safety in theatre, TV, live music and wider performing arts, including technical and performance staff • All aspects of health and safety in agriculture, particularly livestock and cattle safety and management • Health and safety in factories and the food industry...

Accident investigation • Permit to work & isolation • Machinery safety & guarding • Work at height & falling objects • Workplace transport • Confined space entry • Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM) • Safety management systems • Culture & behavioural safety • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

All fields of textiles, including: • Fibre • Yarn • Apparel fabric • Furnishing fabric • Floor coverings • General product safety • Material identification • Colour fastness • Colour measurement • Microbiology • Oven gloves • Hot water bottles

I am a Consulting Engineer with 14 years of experience in the leisure industry, specialising in amusement ride safety, trampoline parks, rope courses, inflatable parks and travelling amusement devices. My expertise includes compliance audits, pre-use inspections (including design review, conformity to design and initial testing), post-accident inspections and conformity assessments. I have also been involved in redesigning devices with mandatory safety changes adopted by the industry. I have extensive expertise...

Mountaineering & rock climbing/abseiling • Winter mountaineering in the UK • Overseas mountaineering • Overseas expeditions, including Duke of Edinburgh • Canyoning & gorge walking • Sea level traversing • Walking & expeditioning • Climbing walls • Rope courses & zip wires • In-house instructor accreditation schemes • National Governing Body Award instructor schemes for mountain training British Mountaineering Council Approved Expert Witness

We accept instructions from prosecutors, appellants, defendants and claimants in criminal and civil work on most health and safety topics. Our expertise extends to manufacturing and service industries, construction, commercial, offices, education, entertainment, local government, health services, retail, fairgrounds, public works, airports, Crown services and utilities. Topics include: • Work at height • Systems of work • Safety documentation • Risk assessment • Guarding of machinery • Works transport • Lifting operations •...