Machinery Group Expert Witness Services bmtwbm.com.au
The Company BMT WBM is a leading edge consultancy with more than 40 years experience in the fields of mechanical and environmental engineering and science. We provide a multi-disciplinary service to address any mechanical, water or environmental requirement. Our expertise covers all engineering disciplines from mechanical, electrical, structural, civil and controls to fluid power hydraulics as well as, water and environmental engineering, marine structures and environmental science. We have built a reputation for solving the more difficult and challenging problems, we value innovation and our staff are recognised as leaders in engineering excellence. The company has offices in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in Australia, Denver, USA and Vancouver, Canada, providing a worldwide service to customers. Expert Services BMT WBM offers a range of expert services to assist legal and insurance investigations. We have extensive expert witness experience in legal and insurance matters covering a broad range of technical issues, but mainly related with industrial accidents and machinery failures and stormwater and coastal flooding. Our clients include insurance companies, legal firms, loss adjusters, engineers and managers for industrial facilities, ports and mines. We have been involved as expert witnesses and in accident investigations in a range of industries including bulk materials handling plant, mobile plant, process plants, high speed machinery, industrial, road and rail accidents. Engineering Capability Mechanical Expert Services Investigations of plant and equipment that have caused injuries and fatalities Expert Witness before Magistrates Court Expert Witness before Supreme Court Superintendent mediation Multi-discipline project management Peter Essig Associate BE (Mech) MIE Aust Steve Saflekos Associate CPEng (Mech) MIE Aust Len Macleod Associate CPEng (Mech) MIE Aust Hamish Woodcock CPEng (Mech) MIE Aust John Parker BE (Mech) MIE Aust Civil / Structural Tony Pilkington B.E. (Hons) MSc 26 Lead Experts CPEng RPEQ Years Experience 35 33 40 5 40 Electrical Ashish Yadav B.E. (Elect)(Hons) MSc CPEng RPEQ Engineer 7 Services often extend from expert witness reports to become advice to lawyers, insurers and loss adjusters. BMT WBM visits sites and reviews relevant technical evidence so that it can answer the key questions developed by the lawyers in order to prepare an independent report for the Court. Our current experts and their general capabilities are outlined on the opposite page. Profiles of our experts are presented on the following pages. Flooding Development impacts Hydrology Neil Collins B.E. Eng, MEngSc PIANC NPER-3, RPEQ Phillip Pedruco B.E. Eng, MEngSc PIANC NPER-3, RPEQ 33 6
Len MacLeod MIE Aust CPEng Associate Hamish Woodcock AMIE Aust CEngA Steve Saflekos MIE Aust CPEng Associate Steve is a senior associate at BMT WBM with over 30 years experience specialising in the design, operation, maintenance and refurbishment of heavy materials handling plant, conveyor systems, port related equipment and mining related equipment. He has undertaken expert witness roles, superintendent roles, and principal technical advisor roles for numerous projects. Peter Essig BE (Mech) MIE Aust. Melbourne Manager Associate Peter is a senior associate at BMT WBM with over 35 years experience performing varying roles which include expert witness services, detailed design, design auditing and project management for large strategically important projects. Peter has a detailed knowledge of the codes and practices governing the safe design and operation of large plant for mines and ports equipment. Mechanical investigations of plant and equipment that has caused injury and fatalities Work Cover Insurance and loss adjustment investigations Mechanical cause of failure investigations Expert Witness before Magistrates Court Peter.Essig@bmtwbm.com.au Steve has a background in project management, contract management and commissioning having completed several large multi-million dollar materials handling projects both within Australia and overseas. Superintendent mediation role between clients and supplier Insurance and loss adjustment investigations Mechanical cause of failure investigations Expert Witness before Supreme Court Steve.Saflekos@bmtwbm.com.au Len is a senior associate at BMT WBM with over 40 years experience specialising in design and reliability assessment experience in large machinery equipment as used in the mining and electrical power generation industries. His particular areas of expertise include the design and upgrades of large pumping and hydraulic systems. Len has extensive experience in root cause analysis of mechanical equipment, including component failure investigations. His wide engineering experience includes expert witness report investigations, on-site problem solving for operational reliability issues and on-site project management of major fabrication, construction and commissioning works. Investigation and assessment reports for insurance or litigation claims Technical investigations into failure mode and root cause Len.Macleod@bmtwbm.com.au Hamish is a senior engineer at BMT WBM with over 5 years experience specialising mechanical design, analysis, structural inspection and design audits. He has in depth knowledge of lifting equipment, cranes, large materials-handling plant and special-purpose machinery. Hamish has both legal and insurance expert witness experience and has conducted numerous detailed site inspections on major fire damaged plant to determine detailed costing reports for plant replacement and repairs. Investigation and assessment reports for insurance or litigation claims Technical investigations into failure mode and root cause analysis of machinery Plant installation & commissioning Finite element analysis Project & design management Hamish.Woodcock@bmtwbm.com.au
John Parker BE (Mech) MIE Aust Neil Collins BE Eng, MEngSc, PIANC, NPER-3, RPEQ John is a senior engineer at BMT WBM with over 40years Neil has over 33 years experience in engineering and is an acknowledged experience. John has detailed knowledge related to the design, operations and maintenance of large mobile plant used in the mining industry. John s independent expert witness experience includes a project for the operator of a failed motor shaft which was originally driving a large (2500 HP) machine. The project involved a detailed technical analysis, load measurement and detailed technical report for submission to an independent expert for mediation. He also acted as expert witness for the designer of a large trenching machine which has operated in Western Australia. The project involved detailed analysis of the bucket wheel, conveyor and support systems, and preparation of a detailed report for the designers legal firm for use in a pending court action. expert in flooding, stormwater and coastal processes. He has worked with the Planning and Environment Court Qld, Land Court Qld, Supreme Court Qld (damages actions), Land & Environment Court NSW, Commissions of Inquiry (various States) and has provided many expert peer reviews. Neil was heavily involved with the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry with reports for six local authorities for LGAQ and also provided expert advice for Ipswich City Council. Neil was also the independent hydraulic expert to the Queensland Government for the North Bank Project. He has worked on major infrastructure projects as a Hydraulic Specialist including Sydney Third Runway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Gateway Bridge and Arterial and several coal ports in Queensland and in Indonesia, Power Stations in Queensland and Thailand, hydro-electric schemes in PNG and port dredging management at Cairns, Townsville, Weipa and Mackay. Flooding and floodplain management Emergency response planning stormwater management Hydrology Neil.Collins@bmtwbm.com.au Design management Machine & structure design Materials handling plant design Conveyor design In pit crushing and conveying systems design john.parker@bmtwbm.com.au Philip Pedruco BSc (Hons) DIC MSc Philip is a within BMT WBM s Water Engineering and Environment Group in Victoria. He has been involved in the water industry, in Australia and internationally, for over 5 years and has specialist skills in hydrology and hydraulics, with a focus on flood modelling (fluvial and coastal), hydrology, and assessment of flood mitigation options. Recently he has been involved in providing the technical input into the Queensland Government s Policy on the assessment of increased flood risk due to climate change. Investigation and assessment reports for insurance or litigation claims Flooding and floodplain management Climate change impacts and adaptation planning Phillip.Pedrucco@bmtwbm.com.au
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