The forensic investigation of failed mechanical parts and machinery from general industrial/manufacturing, electrical power generation/transmission, petrochemical, automotive, water and construction industries • Collapse of cranes and large structures • Detailed experience of metal casting, reciprocating engines, gas turbines and other rotating machinery • Investigation of escapes of water/oil in domestic and commercial environments • Investigation of fractured glazing

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

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...

Solar PV verification & validation • Infra-red testing • Electroluminescent testing • DC PV testing (daylight & dark IV) • System design • Inspection • High voltage systems • Ground source heat pumps • Wind energy • ESOS • Solar thermal • Energy efficiency Member of The Academy of Experts No 3922

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; ...

With 26 years’ experience, WeatherNet have expertise and experience in all aspects of weather • Since 1997, WeatherNet have prepared in excess of 2600 weather-related legal reports • In the last 26 years, WeatherNet have provided weather-related reports for the following cases: • Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) • Personal Injury Claims (Falling, Tripping and Slipping Accidents) • Flooding and Drainage Claims • Domestic and Commercial Insurance Claims • Liability • Travel and Transit • Agricultural Incidents • Contract Disputes R...

Full-time expert witness experienced in technical report writing for building, development and construction project disputes and insurance claims • For claimant, defendant, contractor, employer, insurer • 40 years of professional industry experience, including 20 years at partner or director level in international property firms • Worked in the UK, Europe, US, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai Building surveying • Building defects pathology diagnosis and causation • Inspections and survey reports • Professional negligence • Competence of...

Housing conditions and fitness for human habitation • Building and workmanship disputes, including quantum • Building defects and pathology • Building insurance and warranty claims, including fire, flood, structural, subsidence, etc. • Professional competence and negligence of building surveyors and architectural designers • Forensic analysis of building surveys/reports • Building workmanship and standards • Building accessibility • Personal injury

Digital forensics of Windows and Linux systems • Incident response • Cybersecurity • Penetration testing • Data breach analysis • Secure software development • Competent in software analysis, database design and optimisation, and web-based application development • Experienced in IT infrastructure assessment, expert witness reporting and risk mitigation strategies across diverse digital environments

Mechanical engineering machinery & components • Engines, transmissions, turbines, compressors, pumps • Gears, chains, bearings, brakes, clutches, couplings • Lubrication methods & systems • Friction & wear • Industries: rail, automotive, power, process, food, manufacturing, alternative energy (wind), marine, aviation, mining, oil & gas, chemical Additional e-mail: [email protected]

Market valuations for all purposes • Homebuyer reports • Building surveys • Single defect surveys • Boundary disputes and determinations • Disputes relating to building works • Design of remedial works • Party wall work • Applications to Land Registry • Expert witness reports

Residential and commercial valuations • Dilapidations • Building surveys • Leasehold extensions and enfranchisement • Japanese Knotweed diminution of value

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

Nigel is a well-respected and experienced building surveyor. He has particular expertise in the design and management of disabled adaptations. Nigel's early career (1977-1985) was spent as a District Building Officer with NHS Estates. Nigel was responsible for the management of capital programmes, overseeing the refurbishment of the NHS Estate and managing the maintenance teams. Nigel started his own practice in 1985 to provide surveying and project management services. Nigel has built a varied client base, including private individuals, local authorities, companies and work in relation to ins...

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

John Halcrow has over 40 years’ experience in the maritime industry as a marine engineer, surveyor and consultant, and specialises in the highly regulated offshore construction and support sector, with experience of oil and gas, offshore wind, including floating offshore wind projects. He is a Member of the Baltic Exchange, as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) and ...

Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer specialising in all types of residential property across most of East Anglia. Providing expert witness advice on valuation and residential survey work.

Facade design • Facade performance • Performance testing • Facade specification • Building regulations • Material and product selection • Glass • Overhead glazing • Cladding • Rainscreen cladding • Curtain walls • Unitised facades • Stick curtain walling • Windows (non-domestic) • Fenestration • Weatherproofing • Water ingress • Leakage • Installation • Workmanship • Building envelope interfaces • Defects analysis • Failure investigation • Fire safety specif

Mr Alyah is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with 38 years of experience of being instructed in the USA, UK, Europe, ME, Asia and Australia to prepare expert reports and give expert evidence on disputes involving power generation, including turbines (gas, steam and hydro), solar (PV and CSP), wind, energy storage (battery, thermal) in addition to electrical transmission and distribution systems (transformers, substation equipment, switchgear, cables) and other equipment. Additionally, Mr Alyah carried out hundreds of RCA investigations of major and complex engineering incidents inc...

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • High-rise • Underground structures • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Bridges • Ports • Petrochemical facilities • Offshore structures • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Rail • Airports • Stations • Silos • Domes • Concre...

Academy of Experts & Registered Expert Witness Consulting Engineer with more than 50 years' experience in the UK, Middle East, Far East and SE Asia. Design of numerous low- and high-rise commercial, industrial and public buildings and structures, as well as basements, foundations and retaining walls involving: • masonry • concrete • steel • timber. Investigation of defective: • design • materials • construction • fabrication • manufacturing. Investigation of: ...

With over 20 years of experience, Dr Ahmed Rezk has worked with numerous lawyers and clients, providing expert reports on matters involving cooling, heating and heat pumps, as well as complex thermal and renewable systems, energy efficiency and sustainability. His reports are supported, where necessary, by non-invasive measurements and thermographic analysis of complex systems, which also support evidence-based RCA investigations. Dr Rezk is a Mechanical Engineer by education and is internationally recognised as a consultant and academic. He is a Chartered Engineer with the U...

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

Experienced in all aspects of digital investigations including child abuse images, intellectual property, fraud & murder • Expertise includes: • Computer forensics • Mobile phones & CCTV analysis • Reports provided in a clear, easy to understand format, avoiding technical jargon where possible • Prosecution, Single Joint Expert (SJE) & defence work undertaken Further information available at http://www.griffinforensics.com

British Weather Services is the UK's longest established and leading independent meteorological organisation - founded 1987 and headed by the founder, senior meteorological observer, Jim N R Dale. We supply expert site investigations, court-ready desk reports, expert witness in court and media interviews. Quick turnaround, no convoluted padded-out reports, very competitive fees and professional conclusions are included within all reports. Trust us, compare the fees and feel free to try us. We are proud to have stood the test of time....

Duty of care • Tensile structures • Lightweight structures • Mobile structures • Limited lifespan structures • Demountable structures • Temporary structures • Aluminium structures • Steel structures • Concrete structures • Timber structures • Masonry structures • Traditional buildings • Historic fountains • Staircases • Scaffolding • Engineering for public art • Structural connections • Structural glass • Glass-reinforced concrete • Piling • Foundations • Retainin...

My field of expertise is in commercial and domestic buildings, having undertaken extensive instructions from individual clients, generally concerning defect analysis and forensic analysis of building defects within private practice (small Chartered Surveying practices and national organisations). In addition to this, I have considerable experience within the subsidence field, acting for both insurers and insured parties.

I am a Chartered Building Surveyor and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over a decade of surveying experience. I have also completed the RICS Expert Witness Certificate, and am familiar with providing CPR35-compliant reports. The majority of my experience is within core building surveying services, providing building surveys, building pathology and defect diagnosis, damp diagnosis and contract administration. I have a specific skillset within the heritage and listed buildings sector, providing advice on sympathetic repairs and traditional materials....

David Aron has over 20 years’ experience of energy expert witness work. He has acted as an expert at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the World Bank Tribunal in Washington. He has been the determining expert in an energy price dispute between Australian producers and an Asian buyer. He has also been an expert at the London Court of International Arbitration and the UK High Court, as well as the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Academy of Experts.

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

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

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...

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to civil engineering failures and disputes. Areas of expertise include: • Collapse of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete structures and buildings • Construction site, workplace and other health and safety investigations, including the review of responsibilities under CDM, risk assessments and safe systems of work • Wind-induced collapses • Failure of retaining walls • Roof collapses • Structural damage • Review of structural strengthening and remedial works ...

Rotating equipment • Packaged equipment • Machinery damage assessments • Mechanical and piping systems • MEP, oil, gas, power, petrochemical and energy transition • Pipelines • Wind turbine generators • Gearboxes • Pumps • Compressors • Diesel generators • Gas turbines • Air coolers • Heat exchangers • Heaters • HVAC • Pressure vessels • Valves • Lifting equipment • Asset integrity • LNG • LPG • Offshore • Cost estimates • Accident investigation •

I am a Chartered Building Surveyor, Chartered Project Manager and RICS Registered Valuer with over 25 years’ experience in project management and general building consultancy across the public and private sectors. I have completed the Legal Experience Training Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence and am a member of the Academy of Experts. I have prepared numerous CPR-compliant expert witness reports either as a single joint expert or a sole expert. This includes disputes over: • Professional negligence • Building and construction works • Hou...

An architect with 39 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 of Expert Architects compiled by the Presiden...

Fenestration & Building Envelope Consultant • Glass • Glazing • Frames in wood, steel, aluminium, PVC, etc. • Curtain walling • Conservatories • Overhead glazing • Safety verification • Conservation glass • Stained & coloured glass • Rainscreen cladding • Thermal imaging • Thermography infrared surveys • Building defects • Water ingress • Thermal performance • Accredited & Registered Mediator

Specialist areas of expertise: • Lifts • Escalators • Cable cars • Funiculars • Window cleaning apparatus • General lifting & handling plant • Rent reviews • Experienced in: • Personal injury & fatality investigations • Disputes over suitability & standards of workmanship • Professional negligence • Giving evidence in court Membership of professional bodies • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (Past Chairman of Lift Committee)