Mechanical engineering • Mechanical failure • Product failure • Pneumatic engineering • Hydraulic engineering • Automotive engineering • Personal protective equipment • Classic vehicles • Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgro...

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 • ...

Principal Consultant of structural analysis for a major consultancy operating worldwide • Over nearly 30 years my particular fields of expertise are: • Stress analysis • Structural design, analysis, engineering & integrity • Finite element analysis • Fatigue • Fracture mechanics • Creep • Crack growth • Failure analysis • Dynamics • Vibration • Shock • Non-destructive testing • Design code assessments • Pipewhip • Missiles • Jet loadings • Blast • Safety cases • Risk

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 & explosi

Consultant Forensic Engineer & expert witness undertaking the investigation of engineering incidents & personal injury accidents for commercial, legal & insurance clients • Provision of independent & impartial expert witness evidence • Mechanical, metallurgical & non-metallic materials (i.e. polymer, composite, rubber, glass & ceramic materials) based investigations • Forensic investigations both on-site & laboratory based • Component failure analysis, including expertise in fractography & electron microscopy (SEM) • Investigat...

LOLER and PUWER regulations, including lifts, escalators and farm machinery • Machinery engineering • Working at height • Armed forces • Aviation

Arson & fire forensic investigation • Arson prevention • Fire & explosion investigation • Fires: agricultural, crop, Calor gas, chemical, consumer product, domestic, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, factory, camping, hydrocarbon, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, carpets, equipment, machinery, vehicles • Fire accident investigation • Personal injury by fire • Expert witness • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder

Consultant Forensic Mechanical & Materials Engineer & expert witness (practising since 1997, 18 years with Dr J H Burgoyne & Partners LLP (Burgoynes), 9 of which as a partner) • Forensic mechanical engineering-based investigations • Forensic metallurgical based investigations • Forensic polymer/non-metallic materials based investigations • Forensic component failure analysis, including expertise in fractography & electron microscopy • Forensic investigations into the cause of damage to equipment & machinery • Forensic ...

Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgrounds; scaffolding; warehousing industry; welding; woodworking industry Mechanical design • Mechanical appliances • Mechanical engineering, including project management • Offshore mechanical eng...

Arson & fire forensic investigation • Arson prevention • Fire & explosion investigation • Fires: agricultural, crop, Calor gas, chemical, consumer product, domestic, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, factory, camping, hydrocarbon, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, carpets, equipment, machinery, vehicles • Fire accident investigation • Personal injury by fire • Expert witness • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder

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 &#...

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

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 from slaughter to distribution...

Mechanical engineering • Electrical engineering • Agricultural engineering • Electromechanical engineering • Process and machinery • Electrical fires • Plumbing • Electrical systems

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), marine, aviation, mining, oil & gas, chemical Additional e-mail: [email protected]

Expertise Criminal and civil investigator for accidents and incidents • Health and Safety at Work, etc., 1974 and Regulations • Personal injury • Risk assessment • CDM • Quarries • Agriculture • Asbestos • Falls Sectors Construction • Highways • Police and Fire Service • Agriculture • Tree surgery Regulatory Former HSE Principal Inspector (undertaking and approving fatal investigations and prosecutions) • Former Asbestos Licensing Pri

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

Arson & fire forensic investigation • Arson prevention • Fire & explosion investigation • Fires: agricultural, crop, Calor gas, chemical, consumer product, domestic, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, factory, camping, hydrocarbon, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, carpets, equipment, machinery, vehicles • Fire accident investigation • Personal injury by fire • Expert witness • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder

Vehicle, plant & machinery fires • Escape of water (water leak) investigation • Mechanical failure investigation • Personal injury • Road traffic collisions

Fire & explosion investigation in domestic & commercial properties • Lightweight & commercial vehicles & machinery, including agricultural & construction plant • Identifying fires caused by deliberate acts, manufacturing defects, poor maintenance & repairs, construction work & electrical faults in distribution equipment, appliances & fixtures • Investigated several large complex fires involving large storage & distribution warehouses, retail units, factories & construction sites • Kitchen ducting extraction fires • Case revi...

Detailed forensic investigation of accidents, incidents, materials and mechanical failure • Product liability/fitness for purpose • Application of health and safety legislation and associated standards • Hazard identification and assessment of risk • Incorporated Engineer with practical experience in the Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations Regulations (LOLER) and Pressure Safety Systems Regulations (PSSR) inspection industries • Competent in lifting equipment, work equipment, Machinery Directive and general workplace risk from small business to large-scale in...

Fire scene examination to establish the origin (where) and cause (how) of a fire, plus interpretation of fire development and spread • Experience of domestic, commercial and industrial incidents, including fatalities • Post-incident assessment of fire safety provision • Experience of preparing reports and presenting evidence in court for prosecution and defence Gained the Cardiff University/Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate

11 years of industrial experience across automotive (road vehicles and Formula 1), aluminium, refractory ceramic and defence steel heat treatment (carburising) industries • Topics are: root cause failure analysis, material selection, mechanical testing, characterisation, corrosion, molten metal corrosion of ceramics, aluminium defect and molten metal cleanliness assessment (PoDFA/Prefil), inclusion analysis, billet homogenisation assessment, manufacturing quality improvement and certification

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, statutory duties • Fire accelerants ̶...

Arson & fire forensic investigation • Arson prevention • Fire & explosion investigation • Fires: agricultural, crop, Calor gas, chemical, consumer product, domestic, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, factory, camping, hydrocarbon, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, carpets, equipment, machinery, vehicles • Fire accident investigation • Personal injury by fire • Expert witness • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder

Health & safety management systems • Organisational culture • Training & education • Incident investigation • Workplace traffic management • Machinery safety & guarding • Manual handling • Noise • Thermal comfort & stress • Confined space entry • COSHH assessments • Airborne contaminant control • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure • Occupatio

• Advanced Automotive Engineer • Associate Member of the Institute of Motor Industry (IMI) with Vehicle Engineering Endorsement • IMI Level 4 Award in the diagnosis, testing and repair of light electric/hybrid vehicles and components • IMI Level 4 Award in the diagnosis, testing and repair of HGV, Bus and Coach electric/hybrid vehicles and components • IMI Level 3 Award in electric/hybrid vehicle system repair and replacement light and HGV, Bus and Coach • IMI Level 2 Award in electric/hybrid vehicle hazard management for emergency and re...

Tribology (dry and lubricated) and associated testing • Lubricants technology • Lubricant assessment - knowledge of a range of lubricants, their use, formulation and application • Failure analysis - materials aspects of the failure of equipment, root cause failure investigation and mitigation • Mechanical testing • Metrology

Fire, arson & explosion forensic investigation • Cold case • Fire: domestic, commercial, agricultural, consumer product, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, camping, boats, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, equipment • Personal injury by fire • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder • Fire safety: fire risk assessment • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 • Structural timber buildings: off-site risk assessment • Separating distance guidance • 16 Steps to Fire Safety