Mr Andrew Billingham is a seasoned Structural Engineer and Building Surveyor with forty years experience in the construction industry.
Andrew Billingham has provided expert reports/testimony in:
- International Arbitrations in The Hague and Dubai
- Civil cases in the TCC, County Court and Public Planning Appeals
- Manslaughter and fraud related cases in the Crown Courts of Southwark and Winchester
Mr Billingham can take instructions on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert in civil or criminal cases involving:
Failure of Duty of Care - Structural Engineers
Failure of duty of care of fellow professional structural engineers’ reports are provided. Instructions are received from the large well known insurance companies, solicitors, the public and from professional indemnity insurers or their brokers. This work load is varied but would typically involve the following:
Design Failures
- • Defective flooring
- • Inadequate fire resistance
- • Inadequate strength of materials used in construction
- • Low grade concrete
- • Foundation design and failure
Collapse Investigations
- Appraising partially collapsed or totally collapsed buildings with a view to determine the probable cause or causes of collapse
Construction and Material Defects
- • Lower strength of concrete than specified
- • Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) of the constituent parts of concrete
- • Concrete contamination either man-made products or by pollution
- • Sulphate attack (acid rain) of concrete
- • Structural steelwork testing
- • Long span beams analysis
- • Steel grade not matching the design requirements
- • Masonry defects
- • Advanced corrosion of galvanised cavity ties
- • Vertical load calculations
- • Mortar issues
- • Glazing defects due to contaminants
- • Glazing defects due to poor installation and/or low grade materials
Timber Defects
- • Excessive deflection caused by over notching
- • Incorrect grade or size
- • Omission of bracing in roofs
- • Omission of restraints to gable walls
Failure of Duty of Care - Building Surveyors
Survey Reports, Building Survey Reports and omissions therefrom
- • Homebuyers Survey Reports
- • NHBC Resolution Reports
- • Schedules of Condition
- • Schedules of Dilapidations
