Environmental noise: • Community noise • Sports and leisure noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence and Environmental Protection Act • Planning inquiries • Pop festivals • Transportation noise: • Prediction and expert evidence on aircraft noise • Railway noise and vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural and building acoustics: • Building acoustics from studios • Building services noise • Workplace and industrial noise: • Occupational hearing damage

Health and safety auditing, management, documentation investigation and law • Health and safety in healthcare, hospitals, care support, education, mental health, special education, local authorities, residential homes, warehousing • Stress, violence and aggression, assaults, pedestrian/vehicle segregation, warehouse operations, swimming pools, schools, leisure centres, grounds maintenance, transport

Occupational noise and vibration exposure assessments, including historical retrospective cases • Planning and licensing matters involving noise or vibration • Forensic acoustic studies as may be required in criminal proceedings, e.g. likely audibility and intelligibility of speech • Sport and leisure noise

Sports • Recreation • Martial arts • Fitness and wellness • Kinesiology • Personal safety • Self defence • Sport management • Sports psychology • Gym management • High performance • Law enforcement combatives • Athlete training

I am a Consulting Engineer with 14 years of experience in the leisure industry, specialising in amusement ride safety, trampoline parks, rope courses, inflatable parks and travelling amusement devices. My expertise includes compliance audits, pre-use inspections (including design review, conformity to design and initial testing), post-accident inspections and conformity assessments. I have also been involved in redesigning devices with mandatory safety changes adopted by the industry. I have extensive expertise in inspections, gained over 14 years in the field. My wor...

John has over 30 years’ experience as an acoustic consultant, covering all aspects of acoustics. These include environmental noise and vibration surveys, planning noise and vibration impact assessments, architectural acoustics, building services acoustics, acoustic testing, computer modelling and simulation, and construction/demolition monitoring. John provides expert witness services, representing developers, local authorities, publicans and others from the entertainment industry. He has presented evidence for planning and licensing matters, including in the High Court and to Sel...

Safety policy, process and management systems • The application and interpretation of health and safety legislation and guidance in leisure parks, fairgrounds, adventure activities, soft play, outdoor play or any other leisure pursuit • Engineering management across critical national defence infrastructure in peace and conflict

Accident investigation • Accident prevention • Accidental injuries • Adventure activities safety • Canal safety • Countryside safety • Consumer safety • Safety in education • Safety in physical education • Falls accident investigation • Water slides safety • Historic environment • Safety in industry • Leisure activities safety • Leisure accident investigation • Local authorities safety • National Parks public safety • Occupational safety • Sports injuries • Playground injuries

Environmental noise • Planning & noise • Environmental vibration • Planning & vibration • Building vibration • Building acoustics • Sound in buildings • Sound insulation • Environmental impact assessment • Entertainments noise • Entertainments licensing • Industrial noise • Noise nuisance • Vibration nuisance • Construction noise • Construction vibration • Vibration in art galleries • Vibration in museums

Acoustics, noise & vibration consultant • Environmental noise & planning relating to commercial, industrial & residential development • Planning inquiries • Licensing hearings & appeals • Environmental Protection Act hearings & noise nuisance assessments • Road & rail transportation noise • Leisure & entertainment noise • Sound insulation of buildings • Vibration • Gym due diligence & solution diagnostics • Hearing loss claims

Environmental noise • Community noise • Sports and leisure noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence and Environmental Protection Act • Planning enquiries • Transportation noise • Railway noise and vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural and building acoustics • Building acoustics from studios • Building services noise • Workplace and industrial noise • Occupational hearing damage assessments and evidence • Control of plant n

Risk assessment, examinations, evaluations & reports • Public safety • Occupational safety • Environmental contamination • Risk management policy • Safety policy • Water slide safety • Playground safety • Leisure & sport safety • Consumer safety • Transport safety • Accidents • Child safety • Legal requirements for safety

Asbestos exposure & illness: asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer & pleural disease claims, property contamination • Occupational noise exposure (NIHL) in all industries • Occupational health - respiratory, dermal & cancer claims, e.g. dust, metals, silica, solvents, gases, lead, temperature & light • RSI/workplace injury • Musculoskeletal, PPE issues & accidents • Microbiology: mould & bacteria, Aspergillus  spp • Water quality/source for injury, health (e.g. Legionellosis) & property • Land contamin...

Environmental noise impact assessment • Measurement of noise & vibration • Sound insulation • Road traffic noise • Railway noise • Noise, nuisance • Industrial noise • Noise, planning • Building acoustics • Recreation noise

Beach and Water Safety • Risk assessments for beaches, resorts and water recreation areas • Evaluation of lifeguard services, patrolling operations and supervision protocols • Analysis of signage, public warnings and safety messaging effectiveness • Hazard identification and incident causation Lifeguarding Operations and Standards • National and international lifeguard training, qualifications and deployment • Equipment use and policies • Lifeguard fitness standards, eyesight and occ...

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...

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.