Mr Lucas in TORQUAY
Analysis of knots used in strangulation, hanging, binding of limbs & disabling a person • Experience in defining knot characteristics & comparisons with other evidence & to assess likely involvement of specific trades • Assessment of urgency of tying, skills involved & personal traits or habits evident in the manner of knot tying • Knot analysis for knots & bindings used in recreational activities, such as climbing, sailing, fishing, boating • Also those used in commercial seafaring & fishing • ...
Dr Williams in HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Design of earth-retaining structures • Basement design • Site investigation • Slope stability • Geotechnical monitoring • Numerical analysis of geotechnical structures • Ground improvement • Foundation & pile design • Reinforced earth
Mr Sanders in LONDON
Site investigation • Ground investigation • Earthworks • Excavation stability • Building foundations • Piling • Ground stabilisation • Ground improvement • Stabilised & rammed earth walls • Coastal cliff stability • Soft coastal defences • Contamination • Remediation • Landfill engineering • Earth, masonry & crib retaining walls • Tunnelling (geotechnical aspects) • Illustrative examples of recent instructions: rammed earth building, collapse of cut & cover tunnel, remediation of chemical works, piling-induced damage to ...
Dr Rice in CARDIFF
My specialist expertise can be considered as falling into three fields: 1. Stability issues - retaining walls, foundations, slopes, excavations & landslips 2. Surface & groundwater - hydrology, groundwater & flooding 3. Production & execution of appropriate designs - site investigation, interaction of structures with ground, control of hazards
Mr Nettleton in MANCHESTER
Engineering geology • Rock engineering • Rock falls • Geotechnical engineering • Geology • Foundation engineering • Site investigation • Earthworks & slopes - roads • Earthworks & slopes - rail • Earth-retaining structures • Slope drainage • Slope stabilisation • Landslides • Mines & quarries • Quarries Regulations 1999 • Tips • Tailings, dams & lagoons • Risk assessment • Geohazards • Ground anchors • Geomorphology
Mr Taylor in COLCHESTER
Construction disputes • Geotechnical-related matters, i.e. insurance claims for subsidence & ground engineering design • Surveyors' negligence • Boundary disputes • Civil & structural engineering-related matters
Mr Coleman in FOLKESTONE
Forensic investigation into foundation failures, particularly house subsidence. I have been working in this field since the drought of 1976/77 for householders, loss adjusters & insurance companies. I am competent to critically review third party reports. I have appeared as expert witness for a public planning enquiry for a York University extension dealing with the geology of the site. I am competent to prepare geological summaries & interpret the data for any area in the UK
