30 years' experience of mechanical & electrical engineering in the manufacturing & process industries & 15 years' in consultancy • Technical advice & reports • Forensic investigations into fires, disasters & failures • Mechanical failures • Evaluation of plant design & performance • Satisfactory quality disputes • Health & safety issues • Risk assessments • Industrial & personal accidents • Contractual disputes • Project management

Loss or damage to agricultural & horticultural products caused by machinery in harvesting, handling, storage & transport • Analysis of farm machinery operation or design factors in personal injuries • General problems in performance or design of agricultural machinery, including the mechanical & electrical aspects of farm & food preparation buildings • Measurement of power, temperature, humidity, airflow & air constituents in crop storage & processing operations • Analysis of engineering aspects & ...

Agricultural & horticultural business analysis & management involving crops & livestock • Agronomy of arable crops, potatoes, soft fruit, vegetables, grass • Dairy, beef, sheep, pig husbandry • Training & safety on farms in relation to personal injury claims • Investigation of liability & quantum for litigation involving seed, plants, pesticides, feedstuffs, machinery, fertilisers, negligence, personal injury, pipeline & roadworks, poisoning, nuisance, consequential losses & loss of earnings, including ...

I can provide reports relating to most aspects of road vehicles, agricultural machinery & general engineering covering the following subjects: • Accident investigation & reconstruction • Damage, cost assessment (vehicle) • Vehicle valuations • Mechanical failures • Vehicle fire investigation • Photography & video recordings can be provided on these subjects

Agricultural consultants • Horticulture • Forestry • Rural planning • Veterinary • Soil & water • Management & finance • Agricultural waste ...

Farm management • Farm economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Farm staff recruitment • Agriculture, ancillary industries

Mechanical engineering design • Fuel energy & combustion • Product liability • Product & production machinery design & manufacture • Intellectual property rights in product design • Domestic & industrial accidents • Design, operation & manufacture of combustion systems & fuel economy devices • Foreseeability & machinery aspects of upper limb disorders, manual handling injuries & vibration white finger • School & educational laboratory equipment • Product performance failure • ...

Mechanical engineering machinery & components • Engines, transmissions, turbines, compressors, pumps • Gears, chains, bearings, brakes, clutches, couplings • Lubrication methods & systems • Friction & wear • Industries: rail, automotive, power, process, food, manufacturing, alternative energy (wind)

Accident damage to motor vehicles • Mechanical failure in vehicles & plant • Inspections of mechanical plant • Valuations of vehicles • Valuations of mechanical plant • Inspection of damage to agricultural vehicles & machinery • Valuation of agricultural vehicles & machinery

Agronomy • Single farm payment • Advice on implementation of organic & environmental schemes • Providing appraisals & assessments on the restructuring of estates & farming businesses • Providing business plans for agricultural businesses & operations • Agricultural machinery operation • Dairy parlour operation • Grain storage • Aspects involving the operation & running of agricultural businesses • Fertiliser recommendations

Electrical engineer • Domestic appliances, fires • Plumbing fittings, failures • Electromechanical devices • Security doors • Security grilles • Agricultural engineering

Personal injury & fatal accidents, including: • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Workplace hazards • Machinery hazards • Manual handling, lifting & repetitive strain injury • Industry hazards • Cranes, lifts & forklift truck accidents • Domestic hazards • Commercial premises hazards & accidents • Sports & leisure accidents & hazards • Fairground & playground accidents • Musculoskeletal injury & diseases • Industrial products, including: • Defective equipment • Equipment failures • Product liability ...

Investigation of industrial & leisure accidents of almost every kind • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manufacturing plant & machinery • Sports, play & leisure • Slips, trips & falls • Manual handling • Woodworking machinery • Work-related upper limb disorders • Consumer product defects • Noise & deafness • Construction work • Fork-lift trucks • Agricultural machinery • Road traffic accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Fires & explosions • Welding • Hand-arm vibration syndrome

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic, highways • Offices & shops • Occupational health & safety: • Ergonomics & manual handling • Slipping & tripping accidents • Gas engineering: • Gas transmission & distribution systems & practice (NG/LPG) • Gas utilisation & appliance servicing (NG/LPG) • Heating appliance malfunctions (including solid fuel) • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Investigation of fires & explosions • Plumbing & ...

Motor & agricultural machinery, damage assessment & valuation • Diminution in value following damage repairs • Fire & theft investigation • Road traffic accident investigation • Mechanical & materials failure • Insurance & motor-related arbitration & mediation • Opinion & resolution to avoid dispute • Preparation of reports in litigation-linked matters

Accident investigation & reconstruction of cases where private cars, light & heavy commercial vehicles, farm machinery, industrial site machines & their associated equipments, are the subject • The collection & recording of evidence, compiling of material facts, analysis of expert reports, collision studies & the calculation of vehicle speeds, culminating in detailed reporting for litigation • Appointed as mediator & /or arbitrator in automotive-based disputes involving vehicle repairs, machine ...

Over 20 years' experience in technical agriculture, farm accountancy & interpretation of legislation • Services to the legal & insurance professions in the following areas: • Farm accidents • Product liability • Chemical damage • Road accidents to farmers • Farm income loss assessment • Fire & storm damage • Trespass • Farm issues due to marriage breakdown • Employer & public liability • Interpretation of EU & National legislation as applicable to farming & agriculture ...

Providers of forensic engineering and scientific advice to the legal professions in both criminal and civil forums • Criminal areas include: • Dangerous driving • Evidence evaluation • Ballistics • Forensic computing • Arson • Explosions • Eyewitness evaluation • Scene illustration • Civil areas include: • Health & safety • RTAs • Employer's liability • IT security

Personal injury • Product liability • Professional negligence claims • Environmental health • Consumer protection • Building & construction problems & safety • Playground accidents • Ladder accidents • Structures & structural engineering • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Agricultural & horticultural • Manufacturing industries • Electrical safety • Chemical safety • Industrial diseases • Musculoskeletal disorders & RSI • Slips, trips & falls • Fork-lift trucks • Guards & guarding systems • Factory accidents ...

Personal injury accidents in: • Factories • Workshops • Construction sites • Warehouses • Chemical plants • Power stations • Offshore platforms • Quarries • Docks • Transport premises • Agricultural premises • Offices • Shops • Fairgrounds • Leisure centres • Theme parks • Vehicles • Private dwellings • Places of public assembly • Streets, etc. • Also work-related upper limb disorders, asbestos-related diseases, occupational asthma & other work-related diseases

Certified Fire Investigator IAAI (Pro-Board USA) • Diploma in Fire Science & Investigation, University of Edinburgh & Institution of Fire Engineers • Investigations into origin & causes of fire • Behaviour of fire & arson recognition • Policy & procedures in firefighting operations • Internal fire & rescue investigations • 2000 cases of all kinds dealt with over 30 years' experience • 164 fire deaths, from murder to accidents • Advice to defence, prosecution & plaintiff's counsel • Legal aid work undertaken

Arson/fire raising: forensic examination, investigation & prevention • Explosions: forensic examination, LPG, fires • Fires: agricultural, crop, Calor gas, chemical, consumer product, domestic, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, factory, camping, hydrocarbon, motor vehicle, gas • Fire safety: bedding, bedroom furniture, curtains • Fire damage: buildings, carpets, machinery, tree • Fire doors • Emergency planning: fires • Fire brigade: professional negligence, breathing apparatus, rescue procedures, ...

Forensic engineering • Fire & explosion • Electrical power & energy • Machine failures

20 years' experience as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer in: • Design & manufacturing • Commercial vehicles • Transport • Heavy goods • Road trailers • Tankers • Curtainsiders • Handling & lifting machinery • Cranes • Earthmoving plant • Agricultural tractors • Sawmill bandsaws • Timber & log handling • Diesel engines • Accident & failure investigation • Reconstruction • Forensic engineering examination • Materials testing • Fracture • Fatigue & stress analysis • Design standards • Maintenance of machines • Fitness for purpose • Health & ...

Examinations & engineers' reports on all types of motor vehicle, plant & components therefrom • Investigations of engine & mechanical failures • Vehicle condition surveys • Vehicle roadworthiness examinations • Assessment of repair costs, viability of repair & advice on total loss claims • Post-repair examinations & reports • Diminution assessments • Motor vehicle valuations for insurance, settlements, pre-accident, etc. • Classic car reports & valuations • Motorcycle examinations, reports & valuations • Caravan ...

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Failure investigation of rotating or reciprocating machines, plant or process equipment with particular expertise in rolling element bearings, gears, dynamic & static seals, fretting corrosion, fretting fatigue, couplings, sliding friction & wear of materials • Recent work includes: • Aircraft generator failure • Rail vehicle power train dynamics • Furnace slewing bearing seizure • Print machine galling • Motorcycle wheel seizure

Specification & use of petrol, diesel fuel, biodiesel, liquid petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, fuel additives & alternative fuels • Evaluation of fuel economy • Lubricants & lubrication in automotive & industrial applications • Engine & gearbox oils, oil specification & testing • Exhaust emissions from engines & vehicles, exhaust after treatment & catalysts • Testing, measurement & building of all types of petrol & diesel engines • Examination of engine components, fuel injection equipment & ...

Experienced in the analysis, design, operation, failure & issues of troubleshooting & misuse in all classes of industrial machinery, power plant, road vehicles, railway rolling stock, lifting equipment, cranes, forklifts, agricultural machinery, diesel & petrol engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, machine tools, screwed components, failure investigations, welding, repairs, fatigue & fracture analysis & in industrial accidents with machinery & structures • Experience in preparing legal reports for the ...

General health & safety issues • Mechanical engineering • VWF claims • Haulage & transport • Fairground & leisure parks • Oil & gas • Asbestos • Asbestosis • Mesothelioma

Health & safety • Mechanical engineering

Plant & machinery failure investigation, especially rotating plant, piping, valves & bolted joints • Rolling bearing failures • Gear failures • Vibration analysis • Lubrication systems

Road traffic accident prevention & reconstruction • Road traffic control systems, management & safety • Road traffic signals (traffic lights), timing analysis, operation • Road traffic engineering • Cycle path & footpath accident investigation • Cycling, road use • Road junctions & safety • Falls, accident investigation • Mechanical accident investigation • Mechanical failure of agricultural machinery, bicycles, motor vehicles, motorcycles & public service vehicles • Tachograph analysis • Motorcycle accident ...

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Chemical engineering investigations • Contamination assessment • Electrical Failure investigations • Fires & explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine cargo loss • Marine fire investigations • Materials failures • Mechanical failure investigations • Personal injury • Road traffic accident investigations • Traffic collision • Water leaks • Marine engineering investigations • Metallurgical investigations • Marine firefighting equipment failure investigations

Forensic engineering associated with: • Incident investigation & reconstruction, including those associated with construction sites, infrastructure, buildings, factories or other places of work • JCT contracts • Incident or equipment failure causality analysis leading to personal injury or property damage • Investigations that require the support of hazardous operations analysis & failure mode evaluation • Incidents involving human & machine interface, including use of displays, machines & manual ...

Expertise relates to: • Insurance claims • Agricultural valuation • Stock & crop valuation • Health & safety • Accidents • Animal husbandry

Valuation of plant & machinery for: • Insurance purposes • Open market values • Experience in: • Machine tools • Contractors plant • Brewery industry • Printing • Textiles • Motor vehicles

Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor, Land Agent & Agricultural Valuer • Valuation of freehold property • Valuation of live & dead farming stock • Farm business management • Crop loss claims • Agricultural holdings: rent review arbitrations • Agricultural land tribunal: succession • Tenant right • Compensation for roads, pipelines, etc.

All matters regarding the valuation & disposal of plant, machinery, construction equipment, printing equipment, motor vehicles & transport, railways & rolling stock, machine tools & office furniture ...

Technical: • Petroleum products, including treatment design & development • Energy conservation & management • Environment • Oil & gas processing • Pipelines • Metal cutting • Metal forming • Mineral oil extraction • Gas supply & control • Pharmaceutical products • Process plant • Pressure vessels • Food & drink processing machinery • Chemical industry machinery • Welding • Functional: • Consultancy services • Process engineering & contracting • Quality control • Assurance & inspection ISO 9001/2 • Project management • Purchasing & ...