An architect with 37 years' experience on a range of building types & sizes. I advise upon claims against architects; investigate defective building fabric, especially external walls & flat & pitched roofs, condensation & air leakage & disputes concerning inspection, valuation & certification. I act in mediation, arbitration & adjudication, as an SJE, & give evidence at the TCC. I work throughout the UK for insurers, loss adjustors, building owners, contractors & material suppliers. I am included on the List...

Visiting sites to carry out independent inspection of failed flooring • Preparation of written reports for possible legal action • Identifying the cause of failed flooring & suggesting solutions • Expert witness services • Dispute resolutions • Consultancy services • Floor specifications guides & training • Technical advice • Onsite training for sales staff & installers • Bespoke training to retailers, manufacturers & distributors • Moisture testing • Sub-floor preparation courses • Carpet & impervious installation reports Additional...

I advise on all flooring installation problems, difficulties & disputes, prepare specifications & advise on rectification • I deal with all flooring materials, including wood & parquet flooring, sheet vinyl & vinyl tiles, resin floors, ceramic tiles, marble & carpets • Flooring Forensics has been instructed in many cases involving slipping & falling, & has equipment for carrying out tests on flooring materials & the environment

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Mechanical engineering • Building fires • Explosions • Vehicle, plant and machinery fires • White goods appliance fires • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Manual handling

Expertise in: • Upholstery • Cabinet & dining furniture • Beds • Occasional furniture • Fitted kitchens • Fitted bedrooms • Carpets • Floorcoverings • Flooring • Carpet estimating, fitting & seaming • Vinyl floors • Vinyl tiles • Laminate flooring • Wooden/timber floors • Wood finishing • Timber • Tiling • Karndean flooring • Linoleum • Amtico flooring

Concrete use, specification & failure investigation • Mortar • Render • Screed flooring • Sealants • Paint • Chemical analysis • Ceramic tiling, internal & external • Corrosion • Reinforcement corrosion • Petrographic analysis • Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) • UKAS accredited for selected tests

Masonry defects & masonry product defects • Floor finish failures • Cast stone products, quality & failure • Glass fibre-reinforced concrete • Render finishes • Quality of brickwork • Defects & failures to concrete components & concrete structures • Car park toppings • Refurbishment to commercial & domestic property • Quality of concrete supply • Defective imprinted concrete • Objective digital comparison of questionable concrete surfaces

Having nearly 40 years' experience in the construction industry, working extensively with kitchen and bathroom installations, joinery, structural waterproofing and general construction in both domestic and commercial environments. Reporting on issues with floor finishes affected by incorrect screed specification or installation, caused by excessive moisture content, incorrect curing or incorrect use of expansion joints resulting in the failure of the flooring. Experienced in the design and laying of liquid...

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Construction injuries • Falls from height • Noise and vibration injuries • Lifting operations • Collision reconstruction

Carry out site visits with purpose of independent inspection of failed flooring (including moisture testing) to identify the reason for failure, providing technical advice and solutions and to produce a report in preparation for possible legal action and act as an expert witness • Types of hard flooring inspected include: wooden, Amtico, most vinyl tile and sheet, Marmoleum, Karndean, Altro, Polyflor, rubber and floor sanding restoration • Types of soft flooring inspected include: carpet, sisal, coir, jute and...

Education design • Education master planning • Education briefing and design advisory • Sports design • Sports master planning • Sports briefing and design advisory