Dry rot • Wet rot • Woodworm • Timber decay • Indoor air quality • Sick building syndrome • Flood & fire damage • Allergy problems in buildings • Conservation of historic buildings • Building defects analysis • Environmental health • Building mycologist, pathologist & environmental health scientist

My professional qualification as a Chartered Building Surveyor overlaps with academic qualifications in environmental science and microbiology of infective and allergenic agents. I have over 40 years of professional experience, including specification and safe management of water and wastewater treatment systems, drainage, structural dampness in buildings, infectious waterborne diseases and occupational hygiene. I have provided expert services for over 300 civil and criminal cases. My clients have included...

Housing conditions and fitness for human habitation • Building and workmanship disputes, including quantum • Building defects and pathology • Building insurance and warranty claims, including fire, flood, structural, subsidence, etc. • Professional competence and negligence of building surveyors and architectural designers • Forensic analysis of building surveys/reports • Building workmanship and standards • Building accessibility • Personal injury

Technical specifications • Construction/architecture-related matters • Building information modelling (BIM) • Contract administration/risk and liabilities/interpretation of contract terms and obligations • Defects in construction materials or workmanship • Compliance with building codes and regulations • Breach of contract and professional negligence • Standard of care in construction • Design deficiencies • Project delays

Health risk assessment & control of hazards in the workplace • Occupational hygiene • Noise • Hand-arm vibration • COSHH • LEV • Personal protective equipment • Legionella risk assessment & control • Microbiological hazards Areas of expert witness work include: • Investigation of workplace accidents and environmental pollution incidents • Identification of causative factors in cases of occupational ill-health • Examination of work environments and equipment following failure and/or injury • Inspection of workplaces, processes...

I provide independent and objective expert witness services in Environmental Health, Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety, and Fire Safety Risk assessment. I have worked in these areas since 1978 and have provided expert witness services since 1996. I am trained as an expert witness and have provided over a thousand reports for the court. I accept instructions as a Single Joint Expert and from solicitors acting on single instructions for claimants and defendants. I have given evidence in court on numerous...