Geotechnical engineering including: Ground investigation • In-situ soil testing • Field testing • Laboratory soil testing • Geotechnical analysis • Geotechnical design • Piling • Bored piling • Driven cast in-situ piling • Pile axial capacity • Pile lateral loading • Pile group analysis • Pile group design • Spread foundations • Shallow foundations • Deep excavations • Basements • Underground structures • Earthworks • Embankments • Cuttings • Building foundations &#

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 ...

Experienced consultant and expert witness in quarrying, open pit mining, geotechnical engineering (both mining and civil engineering), health and safety in quarries and mines • Chartered Mining Engineer, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, former Chartered Geologist • Extensive experience in consulting, contracting and managing mining and quarrying operations in both technical and production capacities • Works extensively in the UK, Europe and Africa • Expert evidence given in mineral extraction, slope stability in mines and quarries, mine and quarry design, resou...

Explosives technology & related systems, including the appropriate procedures & their methods of application, plus the health, safety & associated legal considerations in relation to: • Special effects (film, television & battle simulations) • Fireworks • Pyrotechnics • Bomb disposal • Explosive ammunition • Shotfiring in the construction industry, demolitions, quarrying, excavation, land clearance, scientific research • Terrorist & other improvised explosive devices • Accidental explosions & explosives use/misuse

I accept instructions from defendants and claimants via solicitors on most health and safety topics. I have particular experience in health and safety legislation, fatal accident investigation, manufacturing, construction, banking, education, healthcare, charity, retail and pharmaceuticals. My skills include: risk assessment, training, work at height, fall prevention, safe systems of work, safety documentation and policies, fire safety and protection, COSHH, manual handling and work equipment.

Serdar Dundar is a Chartered Structural and Civil Engineer with over 25 years of international experience on projects across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. He has led multidisciplinary design teams within engineering consultancies and specialist contractors, delivering major infrastructure and building projects. Serdar has wide-ranging technical expertise in all aspects of civil and structural engineering related to infrastructure and building projects, including the design of major concrete and steelwork structures. He specialises in developing c...

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

Expert in the design, construction & forensic analysis of defects & failures in the fields of diaphragm walling & piling • Over 30 years' experience worldwide, including major infrastructure, basement & foundation projects in Europe, the Middle East & Asia • Ex Vice President of a world-leading geotechnical contractor & past Chairman of the UK Federation of Piling Specialists