James Davies. EurIng DipEE CEng FIET MCIBSE MEWI MAE. Expertise

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1 EXPERIENCE James Davies EurIng DipEE CEng FIET MCIBSE MEWI MAE Directr f Heap and Digby Ltd Cnsulting Engineers, established in Expertise Electrical safety issues Quality f plant, equipment and installatins and cmpliance with regulatins Electrical installatins in buildings Generatin and transmissin Dilapidatin reprts Fires as a result f electrical faults HV and LV Pwer supplies and electrical equipment Technical advice pre-trial and during trial Site Investigatins & Inspectins Curt Appearances & Expert Reprts Trained in CPR, Single Jint Expert, and Expert Determinatin requirements James is experienced in the design, specificatin and selectin f building services, management f prjects, supervisin f design, manufacture, testing installatin, cmmissining and peratin f electrical equipment and systems. He is experienced with industrial and cmmercial electrical installatins in buildings and factries; industrial drives, mtrs and rtating machinery and cnfrmity with standards. His ther activates include undertaking inspectin f plant, machinery and electrical installatins; and advising n acceptance at cmpletin, plant safety, repairs, maintenance and perating practices. His investigatry and expert witness experience has included investigatin f failures f equipment, industrial accidents, fires and ther hazardus ccurrences. He has prepared expert reprts fr use in litigatin and investigatin. He is an experienced reprt writer and has presented evidence befre the curts. Persnal Data Psitin Directr Languages English Prfessinal Qualificatins and Registratins DipEE Chartered Electrical Engineer (CEng) Eurpean Engineer (EurIng) Fellw f the Institutin f Engineering Technlgy (FIET) Member f the Chartered Institute f Building Services Engineers (MCIBSE) Member f the Expert Witness Institute (MEWI) Member f the Academy f Experts (MAE) JD-CV-03/17 1

2 SELECTION OF EXPERIENCE Prject Experience Building Services & Infrastructure Services Undertaken the design, specificatin and supervisin f building services fr ffice buildings, schls and recreatin facilities including: pwer supply, heating & ventilatin, lighting, fire alarms, access cntrl etc. Prjects include a new Cmmand and Cntrl Centre fr Manchester Fire Brigade; ferry terminal buildings in Belfast and Hlyhead and a 4500m² assembly building fr Tyta, Burnastn, Derby. Infrastructure wrks include services fr develpment sites fr British Aerspace Park, Farnbrugh, and husing develpments East Cwes, Isle f Wight and Wlstn, Suthamptn. Pwer,Transmissin& Distributin Respnsible fr the cnstructin and maintenance f a wide variety f distributin and transmissin prjects in Zimbabwe and Zambia which included 220kV & 66kV, 33kV & 11kV transmissin lines, substatins, synchrnus generatrs and gas turbine generatrs and standby diesel generatrs A perid spent as Principal Engineer with the Angl American Crpratin prviding experience in the design and specificatin f prjects fr the Cpperbelt transmissin system interlinking the lcal mine pwer plants with Kariba. Undertk the design and specificatin f the cmplete upgrading f the MAM generatin plant and netwrk fr the MOD in Oman. Cmpleted feasibility study fr upgrading f the electricity supply netwrk fr the Kuwait Oil Cmpany. Cmpleted feasibility study and preliminary design fr upgrading f the distributin system n the islands f Majur, Palau and Truk, Micrnesia. Respnsible fr the planning and peratin f the ESCOM Eastern Cape, Brder and Orange River Undertakings in Suth Africa, cmprising 400kV, 220kV, 132kV, 33kV & 11kV transmissin & distributin lines, substatins and auxiliary plant.. Pwer Statins Supervised the installatin and later, maintenance, f standby gas turbine plant n the Zambian Cpperbelt and n the island f Truk in Micrnesia. Undertk feasibility studies and preliminary design -and later cnstructin and cmmissining - f diesel pwer plants in Majur and Palau and the specificatin f smaller standby generatin n a variety f the prjects. Industrial Installatins Respnsible fr the specificatin and design f machinery fr a number f bascule bridges, RO-RO link spans and lck gates in the UK. Frensic Engineering, Dispute Reslutin and Insurance Claim Investigatins James has wrked as an expert witness/expert adviser fr mre than twenty years. His clients have included British and Internatinal firms pursuing r defending claims. He has carried ut numerus investigatins, prepared engineer s reprts and has cntributed t the ut-f-curt settlement f many actins. He has als presented expert testimny in curt n a number f ccasins. He has received training in the civil prcedure rules and their requirements fr acting as a single jint expert and will undertake expert determinatin. JD-CV-03/17 2

3 Prvided assistance t internatinal and lcal slicitrs including Irwin Mitchell, Slaughter & May, Llyd and C., Greenwds, Freshfields, Plexus Law and DWF slicitrs. Reprts have included electrical accidents, fraud, electrical equipment failure, valuatin and electrical safety. CAREER SUMMARY Directr - Heap & Digby Limited Respnsible fr a variety f prjects including the design, specificatin and implementatin f the prjects and has prepared expert witness reprts and frensic engineering n electrical and related matters. Respnsible fr a variety f pwer related and infrastructure prjects particularly related t pwer generatin, lighting, fire alarm, security & access systems, PA, CCTV, etc. which included: The Specificatin f the electrical and mechanical services fr a 64 bedrm Upper Sixth Frm centre at Wldingham Schl, Surrey. Specificatin fr the rearrangement f site services prir t demlitin wrks at Wlstn Shipyard, Suthamptn and preliminary design f site services fr the redevelpment f the site. Design and specificatin f the upgrading f the 110kV pwer supply t Fuche Kruja cement wrks Albania. Specificatin f site and building services at Belfast and Hlyhead, including ship bunkering supplies, incming HV & LV pwer supplies, mast lighting, CCTV & PA, sewage pumping and water mains. Specificatin fr the rearrangement f site services t supply existing cnsumers and site clearance prir t demlitin at the GKN site, East Cwes. The preliminary design f site services fr the re-develpment f the site. Tender assistance with electrical services n behalf f Gleesn fr LUL Shepherds Bush belw grund wrks. The Specificatin f infrastructure services fr a 600,000 sq.ft ffice business park at Farnbrugh n behalf f Parkman Buck Ltd fr an internatinal rganisatin, included estimatin f lads, site service layuts and negtiatin with water, gas and electricity cmpanies, liaisn with BAe security in establishing suitable installatin etc. The utline design and specificatin f services fr the new 45,000m² assembly building fr Tyta UK at Burnastn, Derby. This included prvisin fr prcess plant ventilatin, heating, ventilatin, electrical supplies, data and vice cmmunicatins system, CCTV, etc. Specificatin fr the remval f existing services and the prvisin f new infrastructure services n a variety f ld industrial sites under redevelpment, including Wlwich Arsenal, Vsper Thrneycrft Shipyard, Suthamptn and GKN site. Isle f Wight. Specificatin f integrated cntrl system fr access, cntrl, intruder alarms, CCTV and fire alarm system fr Civic Offices, Wking Brugh Cuncil. Survey and reprt n all site services and future requirements fr the Ryal Arsenal Wlwich n a site with 50 buildings with a flr area f 107,000m² New Cmmand and Cntrl building fr Greater Manchester Fire Service, design, specificatin and supervisin f wrks cmprising pwer and lighting, fire alarm HSSD system, UPS, standby generatin, cmputer cntrlled access system, CCTV and PA system. The specificatin f 120kVA UPS supply and rearrangement f pwer supplies fr the central cmputer facilities fr the States f Jersey. JD-CV-03/17 3

4 Design checks n a variety f facilities at RAF Alcnbury including semihardened aircraft shelters and cmmand installatins fr Mtt, Hay and Andersn. The design, specificatin and supervisin fr Merseyside Transprt Ltd f new facilities at their main bus garage at Edge Lane, Liverpl. This included lighting, fire alarm, pwer, ventilatin and heating systems t meet their particular requirements Design and specificatin f the services fr the new flating fire statin f the Lndn Fire and Civil Defence Authrity, cmprising call bell system, lighting, pwer, heating and ventilatin systems and ther specialist requirements fr a fire statin. Preparatin f Design Brief fr a number f Greater Manchester Fire Service fire statins, including BA Gallery (Smke Huse) and requirements, structural wiring systems, hydrant and pen tank system and general building services. Full energy surveys f three fire statins fr the Lndn Fire Brigade and Civil Defence Authrity. Design scrutiny f lck gate and services fr majr new Marina Develpment at Prt Slent, Prtsmuth fr Parkman Buck Ltd. Design, specificatin and site supervisin f electrical and mechanical services fr 30 Tnne lift ut barge and wrkshp facilities at West India Pier, Dcklands fr The Riverbus Partnership. Directr Ipsec Pwer Systems Respnsible fr the preparatin f feasibility studies, system design and pwer statin cnstructin fr pwer systems and generating statins in Oceania. Assciate Directr - Heap, Digby and Assciates, England Design and specificatin f electrical and mechanical equipment and building services fr 21 Gendarmerie cmplexes in Algeria including intercnnectin with the natinal pwer system, site pwer distributin and emergency generating plant, fire mains, sewage and waste dispsal and building heating, lighting and pwer requirements. The design, specificatin and supervisin f the heating, lighting, pwer and specialist garage services fr the refurbishment f 3 majr bus garages, 2 ffices and the cnstructin f a new 150 bus wrkshps and ffices fr Merseyside Transprt Executive. Investigatin f services fr the future develpment f the Mersey Dcks area. The design, specificatin and supervisin f the services and plant fr a 600 tnne per day refuse treatment plant fr the Greater Manchester Cuncil. System Planning and Operatins Engineer - Brder & Eastern Undertaking, ESCOM, Suth Africa Respnsible fr the peratin f, and extensin t the Regin's electrical system and assciated services cmprising 220kV, 132kV. 22kV and 11kV substatins and netwrks, 107.5MW steam generating statins and 3x57MW gas turbine generatrs during a perid f exceptinal expansin. The develpment included the establishment f a mdern cntrl facility fr the centralized peratin f the system. Respnsibilities included the preparatin f annual lad frecasts, planning and budget prpsals. JD-CV-03/17 4

5 Senir Prject Engineer - Angl American Crpratin, Zambia Assessment f cmputerized netwrk design, preparatin f annual planning reprts and capital budgets, specificatin and prcurement f 220kV and 66kV transmissin lines and substatins and 11kV distributin systems. Other respnsibilities included liaisn with clients t prvide supplies and reinfrce pwer inter cnnectins between the majr cpper mines n a system with apprximately 600MW demand. Pwer Supply and Maintenance Engineer - Cpperbelt Cmpany, Zambia Cnstructin f 220kV and 66kV substatins and transmissin lines. Maintenance and servicing f electrical transfrmers, switchgear, transmissin lines and gas turbine pwer statins (2x20MW and 2x10MW). EXPERT APPOINTMENTS &COURT APPEARANCES James has ver 20 years f expert witness experience, including giving evidence in a variety f curts and tribunals. Over this time he has prduced many reprts, including n the fllwing subjects: Directrs disqualificatin; Inspectin and reprt n electrical installatins in dmestic and cmmercial buildings Electrical fatality; Cnstructin f phtvltaic plant; Electrical cnnectin in street main; Cmbined cycle pwer plant; HV cable dispute; Excessive electrical billing; Persnal injury frm electrical cnsumer prducts; Electrcutin n building site; Severe huse fire (electric); Outstanding billing after pwer supply changever; Failure f standby generatr; Faulty switchbard resulting in fire; Switchbard failure; Fraud in respect f cntracts; Pwer failures; Failure f alternatrs; Hydrelectric pwer statin; Suitability f mtr cntrl centres; Cable failures (il and gas filled); Cpyright infringement; and Industrial accidents. PUBLICATIONS Luan Gas turbine installatin,the Engineering Institutin f Zambia JD-CV-03/17 5

6 EMPLOYMENT RECORD 1986 t date Heap and Digby Ltd Directr 1984 t 1986 Ipsec Pwer Systems Directr 1978 t 1984 Heap and Digby (Mtt McDnald) Assciate Directr 1973 t 1978 Escm Suth Africa Head f System Planning & Operatins, Brder & Eastern Cape 1966 t 1973 Cpper Pwer Cmpany & Angl American Crpratin, Zambia Senir Engineer and Deputy Head f Department JD-CV-03/17 6