I have provided expert opinion and advice regarding concrete and concrete structures to lawyers, government departments, owners, designers and contractors from around the world. Non-compliance, construction defects, premature deterioration (especially corrosion), residual life estimation and repair are recurring themes relating to buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, coastal and offshore structures and industrial facilities, including power stations and water and waste treatment plants.

Investigation & testing of building & civil engineering materials & components Charles Darley Associates are independent materials testing consultants. Expertise is available in a wide range of materials and components including blockwork, cladding, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete, flooring, glazing, plaster, render, roofing systems and screeds. Dr Darley specialises in failure investigation, appraisal of latent defects and deterioration and assessment of physical damage.

Structural engineering • Buildings • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Structural analysis • Structural design • Structural strengthening • Remedial works • Structural failure • Collapse • Robustness • Durability • Cracking in concrete • Corrosion • Concrete deterioration • Ground movement • Temporary works • Workmanship • Water ingress • Dynamics • Vibrations • Wind loading • Wind damage • Steel • Reinforced conc

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Portal frames • Tanks • Liquid retaining structures • Structural analysis • Structural assessment • Structural surveys • Structural design • Structural strengthening • Struc...