Technical specifications • Construction/architecture-related matters • Building information modelling (BIM) • Contract administration/risk and liabilities/interpretation of contract terms and obligations • Defects in construction materials or workmanship • Compliance with building codes and regulations • Breach of contract and professional negligence • Standard of care in construction • Design deficiencies • Project delays

Provides professional services in the following field of expertise: • Construction defects • Building contract and property title disputes • Landlord and tenant dilapidations • Section 11 housing disrepair

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 30 years' construction experience in commercial, education, healthcare, justice, industrial, mixed-use, retail, infrastructure and residential buildings. I have significant hands-on experience in numerous forms of contract, including JCT, NEC, PFI, IChemE and bespoke main and subcontract forms. Acted as Expert Advisor in a £150M High Court proceedings brought under the Building Safety Act 2022 in a high-rise mixed residential development in London (HT-2020-000467 and HT-2022-000024). Testified expert in the High Court on a £1.2M dispute on t...

Structural engineering design • Building contracts • Settlement or subsidence problems • Insurance relating to buildings • Civil engineering • Structural failures • Drainage • Accidents: industrial & commercial

Building surveying • Building pathology and building defects • Construction disputes • Professional negligence in relation to building surveying and contract administration • Dilapidations • Party wall matters

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with significant experience in the construction and engineering industry. My expertise covers professional negligence, contractual disputes, contract administration issues and costs disputes. I am the holder of an expert witness training certificate issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Building & construction problems • Negligence (construction) • Professional negligence (architecture/construction) • Home improvement disputes • Contractual disputes (construction) • Contractor & subcontractor disputes • Improper contract administration (construction) • Cost disputes (construction) • Professional fees claims • Programming & time disputes (construction) • Property insurance & claims investigation • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Public liability insurance (construction)...

Civil engineering • Reinforced concrete structures • Pipelines and drainage works • Scaffolding and work at height • Use of ladders • Piling • Subsidence • Rising damp • Highway design • Minor structures • Slips, trip and falls • Personal protective equipment • Construction site practice • Earthworks and earthmoving equipment • Excavators and cranes • Contractual disputes • Structural surveys • Building defects • Construction regulations • Bridge design • Bridge construction

Architecture • Building defects and regulations • Health and safety

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

• Forensic engineering and expert witness services • Delay and quantum analysis • Construction disputes • Complex insurance claims

Forensic delay and time element analysis with over 34 years' experience across conventional and renewable energy, data centres, infrastructure and industrial construction • Critical path and programme evaluation, extension of time assessment, delay in start-up and business interruption claims, reinstatement scheduling, and insurer advisory services • Extensive EPC experience under FIDIC, NEC and JCT contracts • Holds international appointments across the UK, Europe, MENA, the US and Asia

Architects' professional negligence • Architects' appointments & fees • Building contract disputes • Building defects & failures • Cladding & performance in fire • Contract claims, including adjudication response • Land & property disputes, including matters referred to Lands Tribunal • Liability within the design team • Historical analysis of buildings • Preparation of visualisations • Preparation of expert reports • Attendance at court • Participation in all forms of ADR • Representations in respect...

Chartered Building Surveyor, RICS Adjudicator, RICS and CEDR Accredited Mediator • Qualified Expert with specialisms in the following: • Building defects and pathology - investigation of structural failures, water ingress, damp and mould, workmanship quality, and compliance with regulations; assessment of causation and quantum of remedial works. • Contractual disputes - interpretation of JCT, NEC and PPC2000 contracts; breach and termination matters; assessment of work completed; quality of construction work completed; delay analysis, disruption and variation claims; ...

Chartered Quantity Surveyor acting on building, civil engineering and railway construction contracts throughout the United Kingdom, the European Union, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Australasia and China • Over 30 years’ experience of procuring and managing building and civil engineering contracts to completion, creating projects for the design, construction and delivery of major engineering infrastructure projects, procured traditionally and by PFI or PPP methods, including expert determination of disputes arising from PFI contracts • Negotiating mergers of consultancy fi...

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or single joint expert witness on construction disputes of all sizes and at al...

Accidents at work and on construction sites, including slipping and tripping cases • Disability accommodation reports • Building defects, including investigation of claddings • Construction disputes • Architect negligence cases, including fire design issues • Cost of injury, disability, death • Arbitrator

Chartered Architect, Chartered Building Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator, accredited Adjudicator, practising Member of The Academy of Experts I am a Chartered Architect, Chartered Building Engineer and Chartered Arbitrator with over 40 years’ experience across a wide range of building types, scales and professional roles. I hold an MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and Diplomas in International Commercial Arbitration and International Maritime Arbitration. I practise as an arbitrator and adjudicator and carry out forensic work in rel...

Building surveying: • Structural surveys & valuation • Boundary disputes • Party wall administration • Building defect diagnosis • Construction & contract administration • Building disputes • Subsidence damage • Leasehold dilapidations • Duties of a Chartered Surveyor or Valuer & negligence • Double glazing & conservatory disputes • Fire damage • Fire precautions & means of escape • Kitchen & joinery installation disputes Simon Levy is the Principal of an active, multi...

Expert witness reports on garden and landscape projects relating to standards, quality of construction, workmanship and contractual issues relating to Terms and Conditions and CDM Regulations • Accredited Evaluative Mediator for Civil and Commercial Disputes • Specialising in dispute issues in the garden and landscape industry, including Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 reports, statements of opinion, preliminary reports and distance reports • RICS Accredited Expert Witness • Bond Solon certified Excellence in Report Writing • SAVA trained for in...

Building control and regulations • Construction contract disputes • Negligent construction and design • Housing disrepair • Building defects and pathology • Surveyor negligence • Valuation of property, including family, proceeds of crime, land with development potential, diminution, etc. • Party wall and boundary matters Also consulting at: 140 Ewell Road, Surbiton ,KT6 6HE.

My fields of expertise are quantum, dispute management and adjudication. I am also trained as an Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Conciliator and Mediator in disputes for construction, property, commercial agreements, infrastructure, oil and gas, commodities, etc.

Hugh has over 35 years’ experience in civil, structural and multidisciplinary design, engineering and management of major infrastructure and building projects, including design-build, EPC, PFI and BOT projects. He has been responsible for the design and management of many unique building and infrastructure projects, including complex above and below ground structures in difficult ground conditions. Hugh has extensive expertise in civil, structural, geotechnical, transportation, utility, water, wastewater design and marine engineering. He has extensive experience in forensic engineering...

I am an architect with 30 years’ experience, running a busy small practice. I have spent the last 20 years working on residential projects, including refurbishments, extensions and loft conversions for private individuals, and flats for institutions and developers. I have an engineering background and an interest in technical matters. Early projects included a fire testing facility, an emergency ambulance control room, repair and cleaning of historic building stonework, and warehouse bomb damage repairs. I led the technical design of a swimming pool built below a historic hou...

Architect's appointment: practice, fees, competence and professional negligence • Building contracts and subcontracts: obligations, delay, disruption, extensions of time, architects' instructions, certificates, practical completion, partial possession, liability • Building construction and design failures • Cladding • Building regulations • Fire safety • Intellectual property: architectural copyright • Disciplinary and regulatory proceedings • Town and Country Planning Act appeals • Public inquiries • Adjudication • ADR •

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

Expert Witness - Preparing reports under CPR Part 35 concerning boundary disputes, building disputes, party wall matters, professional negligence, Landlord and Tenant matters and building defects. Acting as single joint and party appointed expert witness, including numerous appearances in the county court and Landlord and Tenant Tribunals as Expert Witness. Boundary Disputes - Extensive experience undertaking boundary surveys and preparing reports for court. Professional Negligence Matters - I have experience of carrying out building surveys and Homebuyer surveys on a wide...

Summary of Matters in which I am competent to accept instructions (Quantum and Quantum Expert Work) I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) with approximately 20 years’ experience in the construction industry . My professional practice focuses on the commercial and financial management of construction projects and the preparation of quantum analyses, quantum reports and independent expert quantum evidence in construction and engineering disputes. I special...

Architecture • Planning • Building regulations • Cladding • Facades • Fire protection • Fire • Professional negligence • Defects • Remedial works • Water ingress • Damp • Roofing • Condensation • Basements • Curtain wall • Glass • Joinery • Partitions • Flooring • Corrosion • Acoustics • Contract administration • Design • Co-ordination • Appointment • Listed buildings • Waterproofing

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

Experience of giving evidence under cross-examination both as a party expert and a single joint expert • Able to accept instructions on: • Professional negligence by architects & building surveyors • Building conservation & listed buildings • Building contract disputes • Failures of contract administration • Programming & time disputes • Design, architectural & construction defects • Building design • Claims for professional fees • Construction professional indemnity claims • Accredited Adjudicator • Charte

Building contract disputes • Disrepair claims • Defective design & workmanship negligence claims • Building pathology • Building conversion & restoration • Party Wall, etc., Act Mr Mathieson is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Managing Director of Ellis Belk Associates Limited and a practising Chartered Building Surveyor with many years' experience investigating building defects of both design and workmanship. In addition to his expert witness workload, Mr Mathieson has been involved with Channel 4 and the BBC on such ...

Quantity surveying matters • Building surveying matters • Delay matters • Specialising in mechanical and electrical services

Suspended ceilings • Partitions • Raised access floors • Dry lining & drywall partitions • Glass & glazed partitions • Shaftwalls • Plasterwork (solid & cast) • External render • Stucco • Subcontract disputes (building) • Interior fit-outs • Extensive experience in acting as expert engaged on behalf of building owners, main & management contractors, subcontractors & specialists in disputes as to quantum, performance, merchantable or satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose & infringement of design copyri...

Quantum • Construction, civil engineering, railway, highway, infrastructure, building & refurbishment • Loss of profit in construction contracts • Breach of construction contracts • Extension of time analysis • Loss and expense claims • Flood damage • Fire/smoke damage • Storm damage • Professional fees Construction/quantity surveying costs Control • Planning • Forecasting • Estimating • Interim valuations • Delay cost calcula...

Disrepair • Construction defects • Design and specification • Construction procurement and tendering • Programme management • Contract administration • Housing • Educational buildings

Quantity surveying • Quantum • Construction contracts • Quantification and valuation of work carried out • Quantification of damages, loss and/or expenses incurred • Liability in professional negligence matters • Liability in professional indemnity matters • Programming issues (e.g. delay, extension of time, acceleration and disruption) • Due diligence forensic examination of companies and projects

Structural defects • Concrete defects • Building refurbishment • Building materials • Building defects • Contractual disputes • Structural & building failures • Deleterious materials • M & E issues • Fitness for purpose • Workmanship • Contract disputes • Building fabric • Roofing • Windows • Cladding • Stone masonry • Brickwork • Render • Plaster • Mortar • Corrosion • Coatings • Cathodic protection • Concrete repairs • Durability

Civil engineering • Steel erection & cladding • Reinforced concrete structures • Steelfixing & shuttering • Pipelines & drainage works • Scaffolding & work at height • Use of ladders • Tunnelling & tunnelling equipment • Marine work & offshore construction • Augered & impact piling • Grouting • Construction site practice • Earthworks & earthmoving equipment • Excavators & cranes • Contractual disputes & cranes Building • Structural surveys ...

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or single joint expert witness on construction disputes of all sizes and at al...

I have extensive experience in the design, specification, supervision and/or project management of mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, on a wide variety of commissions, including healthcare projects. During that time I have undertaken design audits and/or detailed technical appraisals of both new and existing mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, prepared expert witness reports and provided advice to clients and their legal representatives in respect of duties concerning technical and/or contractual aspects related to mechanical and ele...

Building & construction problems Negligence (construction) • Professional negligence (architecture & construction) • Home improvement disputes • Cladding disputes • Contractual disputes (construction) • Contractor/subcontractor disputes (construction) • Improper contract administration (construction) • Cost disputes (construction) • Professional fees claims • Programming & time disputes (construction) • Claims investigation (property insurance) • Professional indemnity (construction)