Aggregates for construction • Alkali-aggregate reactivity in concrete • High-alumina cement & concrete • Concrete performance & failure (including thaumasite & other sulfate attack, etc.) • Mortar • Stone for construction (including slates) • Flooring (including screeds, tiling, etc.) • Forensic geology/geomaterials • Paving • Plaster • Rendering • Roofing (including fibre-cement materials) • Cladding materials & performance • Synthetic aggregates or cement replacements (e.g. slags, PFA, ash, clinker, etc.) • Construction ...

Concrete use, specification & failure investigation • Mortar • Render • Screed flooring • Plastics • Polymers • Sealants • Paint • Chemical analysis • Ceramic tiling, internal & external • Corrosion • Reinforcement corrosion • Petrographic analysis • Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) • UKAS accredited for selected tests

Foundation failures, including heave & subsidence-related problems • Building defects of structure & fabric, including concrete, steel, timber & masonry buildings, whether prefabricated or in situ • Footbridge & cycle bridge-related problems of deck & structure • Concrete failures due to contamination, chloride attack, carbonation, sulphate attack, alkali-silica reaction, together with pollution-related problems & their effect • Prestressing & related problems, including prestressed & post-tensioned in situ ...

Specialist knowledge, both at home & overseas, in concrete technology & highway & bridge engineering, with particular emphasis on pavement engineering • Experienced in the design & mechanised construction of plain, reinforced & continuously reinforced concrete roads, airfield pavements, external & internal factory warehouse floors • Experienced in bituminous road design & construction, block & granite sett paving & paved areas in general • Regularly undertakes investigations into pavement failures ...

Materials specialist, investigating matters involving: • Concrete technology • Concrete repair systems & products • Failure of concrete repair works • Concrete durability & specification • Concrete placing, bleed & shrinkage cracking • Paints & coatings for concrete • Air entrainment of concrete & performance in freezing conditions • Construction in hot or tropical climates • Underground concrete construction • Concrete test methods & data interpretation • General forensic examination of construction failures

Structural failures • Civil engineering • Concrete technology • Many years of experience in design & construction of a variety of structures & management of large-scale projects • Surveys, investigative & troubleshooting types of work • Detailed technical knowledge & experience of a variety of construction materials • Acted as forensic engineer & expert witness for litigation & ADR cases relating to failures or malpractices in the UK & abroad • Prepared expert reports for H & S cases