Geotechnical
• Collapse of 80 and 150 year old masonry retaining walls.
• The collapse of a golf driving range built on a limestone quarry.
• Failure of raft foundations to aluminium framed housing.
• Failure of buoyant raft foundation on peat soil.
• Failure of warehouse floor slabs in industrial/commercial premises due to design/construction deficiencies.
• Partial collapse of an underpinned house in flood conditions.
• Failure of industrial floor slabs due to heave of steel slag hardcore.
• Adequacy of site investigations for brownfield development on hazardous ground.
• The failure of a 4 storey building on vibro-improved ground.
• Failure of an industrial building constructed on a backfilled open-cast mining site.
• Failure of industrial buildings on a contaminated brownfield development.
• Collapse of mass concrete retaining wall due to nearby construction activity.

Highways
• Earthworks and block paving failure to an industrial facility.
• Failure of heavy duty pavement at a container port.
• Failure of proprietary asphalt surfacing at a vehicle racing circuit.
• Failure of an innovative grouted Macadam surfacing at an industrial facility.
• Adjudication evidence on defects to design of multi-storey car park.
• Damage caused to jetty due to crane usage.

Personal Injury
• Personal Injury claims due to trip hazards.
• Causes of failure of temporary road surface leading to vehicle accident-induced injuries.
• Slip hazards caused by misuse of de-icing materials.
• Liability for injuries sustained during the demolition of a retaining wall.

Construction
• Vibration nuisance in an industrial facility.
• Temporary works failures during construction operations.
• The failure of a piled foundation to a 5-storey office buiding due to adjacent piling works.
• Collapse of inner city commercial building due to constructional activity.

Fire
• Fire damage to Victorian factory including consequential loss analysis.
• Fire damage to steel framed superstore including Third Party liability.
• Structural fire protection deficiencies to system built school buildings.

Damp
• Damp penetration through the new undercroft of a 15th Century Church.
• Dry rot penetration through a party wall due to neglect.
• The causes of and design responsibility for the failure of a proprietary damp proofing system in a commercial basement.

Subsidence/Heave
• Foundation failures (subsidence and heave) on NHBC registered developments.
• Tree root damage to buildings and structures.
• Heave failure of several forms of domestic and commercial foundations.
• Contractor's non-compliance with NHBC Standards and NHBC Rules.

Contract
• Temporary works collapse during an office refurbishment.
• Engineers duties when approving specialist product designs.
• Structural Engineer's reports - survey and report failings.
• Risk analysis for foundation repair schemes.

Steelwork
• The collapse of a 2500 tonne silo - structural designer and design review responsibilities.
• The contractual responsibilities of a steelwork fabricator and checking Engineer.
• Definition of secondary steelwork in Design and Build contracts.
• Adjudication report on complex steel frame erection sequence and contractual aspects of delays.

Building Fabric
• Product liability regarding stone cladding failure.
• Composite decking failure under Contractor's All Risks Insurance.
• Structural and component failure to 12 multi-storey housing blocks.
• Collapse of a dry stone walled cottage.
• Structural failures due to defective double glazing installations.
• Defects due to fabric of church hall built from reconstituted stone.
• Defects to timber flooring in prestige domestic development.
• Failure of specialist asphalt roofing sytem to residential block.

Domestic Surveys
• Deficiencies in Valuation and Homebuyers building surveys.
• Building disputes during residential/commercial refurbishment contracts.
• Building disputes under Party Wall Act legislation.
• Contract dispute resolution for domestic building projects.
• Dispute resolution between contractor and consultant regarding defective restaurant refurbishment.