Academic and Professional Qualifications:

Experience:

Ian joined Burgoynes in 1998 and became a Partner in 2007. He has investigated over 950 incidents relating to metallurgy, corrosion, materials science & engineering and general engineering, both on land and at sea. Ian has travelled extensively to destinations including Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, The USA, South America, The Middle East, India, and Africa.

Ian has investigated incidents in numerous industries including, petro-chemical, power generation, shipping, off-shore, manufacturing, chemical, building services, construction, transport and refrigeration. Many of these investigations have necessitated consideration of Statutory Regulations, such as LOLER, PSSR, PER and PUWER. These have involved functional failures of metals & alloys, polymers, elastomers, ceramics, composites, refractories, concrete, glass, adhesives, and surface coatings.

Land Based Investigations

• Equipment - e.g. pressure vessels, lifting gear, forges, boilers, furnaces and their linings, heat exchangers, tanks and HVAC.
• Machinery – e.g. cranes, turbines (gas, wind and steam), internal combustion engines, generators & printing.
• Structures - silos, tanks, bridges, ladders, refrigeration stores & roofs.
• Vehicles - lorries, trains, loaders, tractors, lift trucks & tankers.
• Joints - welded, brazed, soldered, adhesive, riveted, screwed & bolted.
• Personal injuries - caused by strikes from foreign bodies, falling, collision, fracture, collapse & releases of energy and substances.
• Components - bearings, shafts, pipework/valves, ropes, slings & cables.
• Others - corrosion/degradation, fatigue, impact, overload, vibration, wear & misuse and inadequate design fabrication & installation.

Marine and Off-Shore Based Investigations

Ian has undertaken numerous marine and offshore related incidents and has attended VLCCs, container and bulk cargo carriers, fire tug and chemical tankers (both at sea and in, dock) and gas terminal. Investigations have included:

• VLCC bed plate cracking.
• FPSO valve corrosion.
• Semi-Rig coating failures.
• LNG Terminal pipework corrosion.
• Fire tug pump-line corrosion.
• SBM, mooring lines damage.
• Container ship lashing gear failures.
• Gas terminal small bore tubing corrosion.
• Chemical tankers cargo line corrosion.
• Deck crane collapses and wire ropes parting.
• Container (dry van) and pontoon deck collapses.
• Isotank ruptures.
• Valve corrosion and mechanical failures.
• Hold corrosion by and coating damage.
• Cargo damage (corrosion e.g. steel and aluminium and contamination e.g. Jet A1 & phosphoric acid).
• Anchor and winching gear fractures.
• Hydraulic and fuel line breaches.
• Rudder, propeller and bow thruster failures.

Expert Witness Experience

Ian is familiar with the Civil Procedure Rules for England and Wales and has given expert evidence in Court in the UK including the Coroners’, the High Court, the Technology and Construction Court, and the Criminal Court (HSE Prosecutions). He has also attended and contributed to Mediations and has testified in the USA.

Ian has attended and given expert evidence at International Arbitration Tribunals (LMAA and ICA) and he is familiar with the Protocol for the Use of Party-Appointed Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration.