Leveraging 38 years of fire engineering experience of our Principal, Al Brown, Fire-Expert provides fire engineering expert advisory and expert witness services.

Areas of Expertise

  • Cladding and facade fire safety
  • Passive Fire Protection – Fire-stopping of service penetrations, dampers and ductwork
  • Active Fire Protection – Sprinklers, fire detection and alarm systems, clean agent extinguising systems
  • Fire Investigation

Our Services

We can undertake the following services and activities in support of expert witness instructions:

  • Desktop review of documents
    • Review of contract documents, Employer’s requirements (“ERs“), specifications, design and as-built drawings. fire strategies, inspection reports and fire risk assessments
    • Summarising the fire engineering technical issues in Briefing Note or Scott Schedule
  • Opening Up Works (“OUW“)
    • Opening up proposal for intrusive inspections of facades to identify defects or as the first stage of a FRAEW, passive fire protection or other issues.
    • Witnessing OUW in support of an expert briefing note or CPR 35 compliant report
  • Fire Testing
    • Identifying suitable tests, selection of materials for testing
    • Review of test rig designs
    • Inspection of test rig prior to fire test
    • Witnessing fire tests and reporting
  • For litigation, arbitration or adjudication we will provide CPR 35 compliant reports or an equivalent standard as appropriate in other jurisdications
  • Expert Joint Statement
    • Meeting of experts
    • Preparation of joint statement
  • Technical support to Counsel and legal team in preparation of, or response to, Particulars of Claim (“PoC“), Replies, Rejoinders etc.
  • Attendance at mediation, adjudication, arbitration or court hearings