Contact Details:
Simon Barrows
Managing Director
Serendipity Chartered Engineers
PO Box 704
Jersey, JE4 0HP
(M) +44 (0) 7797 791 025
(T) +44 (0) 1534 565 829
(E) simon@serendipitycharteredengineers.co.uk
(W) www.serendipitycharteredengineers.co.uk
Introduction:
1. A practicing technically competent Chartered Electrical Engineer with over forty years’ experience
2. Expert Witness, Forensic, Mediation, Determiner, Expertise
3. Works with accuracy, integrity and reliability
4. An unwavering commitment to working with impartiality and independence
5. A practising articulate and ethical mediator, keen advocate of alternative dispute resolution
6. Highly developed proactive interpersonal skills, very experienced at obtaining and disseminating information
Accreditations:
1. Engineering Council Registered Chartered Electrical Engineer
2. Fellow of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
3. Member of The Academy of Experts
4. Member of the Expert Witness Institute
5. Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
6. Member of the Society of Light and Lighting
Technical Electrical Specialisms:
1. Non-essential and essential electrical infrastructures, building management systems
2. Emergency standby generation and uninterruptable power supplies
3. Solar photovoltaic plants and distribution infrastructures
4. Sustainability, wind, photovoltaic and air source heat pump systems
5. Telecommunication and computer data infrastructures
6. Interior, exterior, emergency, laser, and feature lighting
7. Conventional and aspirating fire alarm and smoke ventilation systems
8. Closed circuit television, intruder alarm and access control systems
9. Conventional, fireman’s and firefighting lift installations
10. Under floor heating systems
11. Lightning protection, conventional and specialist computer clean earthing systems
Expert Witness, Forensic, Mediation, Determiner, Expertise:
1. Mediation, determination, litigation, technical and contractual assistance to legal profession
2. Liaison with Claimants, Defendants, Advocates, Solicitors, Insurers and Loss Adjusters
3. Single and Joint Expert Witness in accordance with Part 35 Civil Procedure Rules
4. Court attendance, cross examination of expert witness reports
5. Electricity Supply Authority metering, check metering, tariff disputes and settlement
6. Obviousness, validity/invalidity, state of the art, Patents disputes
7. Wayleave and boundary trespass disputes
8. Compilation of desk top study and site investigation expert witness reports
9. Compilation of detailed forensic expert witness reports
10. Building inspections to verify compliance to Electrical British Standards & Codes of Practice
11. Compilation of Bankable Studies, Scott Schedules, damage and loss schedules
12. Identification of causation, production of remedial work strategies
13. Quantum and commercial analysis of cost claims and losses
14. Due diligence and dilapidation surveys
15. Legislative compliance to national and international standards
16. Pro bono expert witness and forensic engineering cases
17. Claimant after the event (ATE) insurance case loss fees/and case win defendant pays fees
