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Machinery GroupExpert Witness Services
Expert Services
The Company
BMT WBM is a leading edge consultancy with more than 40 years’ experience in the �elds 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 �uid power hydraulics as well as, water and environmental engineering, marine structures and environmental science. We have built a reputation for solving the more di�cult and challenging problems, we value innovation and our sta� are recognised as leaders in engineering excellence. The company has o�ces in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in Australia, Denver, USA and Vancouver, Canada, providing a worldwide service to customers.
BMT WBM o�ers 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 �ooding. Our clients include insurance companies, legal �rms, 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.
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. Pro�les of our experts are presented on the following pages.
Engineering Capability
Mechanical Expert Services
Cause of failure analysis
Peter EssigAssociate BE (Mech)MIE Aust Principal Engineer
Steve SaflekosAssociate CPEng (Mech) MIE Aust Principal Engineer
Rob Widders BE MEngSc FIEAust CPEng NER RPEQPrincipal Engineer
Hamish WoodcockCPEng (Mech) IWS MIE Aust Senior Engineer
John ParkerBE (Mech) MIE AustPrincipal Engineer
Richard DouchkovBachelor EngineeringSenior Engineer
Rob AngusBE (Hons) (Mech) MBA MIEAust CPEng RPEQPrincipal Engineer
Arnold WilliamsBEng Mech (Hons)Principal Engineer
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Investigations of plant and equipment that havecaused injuries and fatalities
Insurance and loss adjustment claim investigations
Civil / Structural
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Insurance and loss adjustment claim investigations
Electrical
Flooding
Development impacts
Hydrology
Cause of failure analysis
Insurance and loss adjustment claim investigations
Lead Experts Years Experience
Expert Witness before Magistrates Court
Expert Witness before Supreme Court
Superintendent mediation
Multi-discipline project management
Tony PilkingtonB.E. (Hons) MSc CPEng RPEQSenior Engineer
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Neil Collins B.E. Eng, MEngSc PIANC NPER-3, RPEQPrincipal Engineer
Ashish YadavB.E. (Elect)(Hons) MSc CPEng RPEQEngineer
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Steve Sa�ekos 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. Steve has a background in dealing with large multimillion
dollar projects both within Australia and overseas. This experience has provided Steve with skills to perform expert witness services including; superintendent
Peter EssigBE (Mech) MIE Aust.Melbourne ManagerAssociatePrincipal Engineer
Steve SaflekosMIE Aust CPEngAssociate Principal Engineer
Peter Essig 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. Throughout Peter’s professional career Peter has been responsible for providing numerous independent investigations of plant and equipment. These include such cases as caused of injury and fatalities for Work Cover, delivery of expert witness opinion before the Magistrates Court and countless mechanical investigations for insurance and loss adjustment clients.
Expert Areas• 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 [email protected]
mediation role between clients and suppliers, insurance and loss adjustment investigations, mechanical cause of failure investigation and as well Steve is experienced in providing expert engineering opinion before the supreme court.
Expert Areas• Superintendent mediation role between clients and
supplier• Insurance and loss adjustment investigations• Mechanical cause of failure investigations• Expert Witness before Supreme CourtSteve.Sa�[email protected]
Rob WiddersBE, MEngSc, FIEAust, CPEng, NER, RPEQPrincipal Engineer
Hamish WoodcockAMIE Aust CEngA IWSSenior Engineer
Rob is a principal engineer at BMT WBM with over 37 years’ experience. Rob has detailed knowledge related to the design, operations and maintenance of large mechanical plant and process equipment used in the mining and mineral processing industries. Rob has successfully completed numerous expert
witness projects including; Technical investigations into failure mode and root cause analysis of machinery and mechanical plant. Shaft fatigue failure due to inadequate design – motorised bicycle (Court attendance). Waste plant composter fatigue failure due to inadequate design (Conclave attendance). Port Botany vessel berth crew gangway failure. Earth moving equipment quick hitch system – fatigue failure. 100,000t tanker – ballast tank end frame fatigue cracking. Personal injury incidents - factory grate looseness, marina fuel bowser hose drum, pedal boat chain drive.Speci�c extensive expertise with ore grinding mills, fans, vibrating screens, mechanical steelwork, cooling towers, compressors, pumps and ship structures.
Hamish is a senior engineer at BMT WBM with over 16 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 a major �re damaged plant to determine detailed costing reports for plant replacement and repairs.
Expert Areas• Mechanical / Structural / Fatigue Design and Analysis,
Design Recti�cations• Design and Detailing of Mechanical Steelwork• Engineering Critical Assessments, Design Audits• Plant and Equipment Condition and Maintenance
Audits• Finite Element Analysis• Site Troubleshooting (strain and vibration)• Weighing of Large Machines• Marine Technology• Root cause analysis, preparation of legal reports and
court [email protected]
Expert Areas• Investigation and assessment reports for insurance
or litigation claims• Technical investigations into failure mode and root
cause analysis of machinery• Project management of multi-discipline projects• Plant installation & commissioning• Finite element analysis• Project & design management• Welding Specialist Quali�[email protected]
Richard Douchkov is a Senior Mechanical Engineer within the BMT WBM’s Machinery Group. Richard has 33 years’ experience and has been involved in failure investigations for large mechanical plant and machinery, including the redesign of sub-systems to reduce the risk of failure recurrence and in order to
reduce the risk to personnel. Richard has also undertaken many in-service testing works on rail vehicles, �xed and mobile plant to experimentally capture real in-service operating conditions and loads. His role also includes processing of the experimental data to identify the machine fault and/or assess the design life of machines and structures.
Expert Areas• Mechanical Design and Analysis• Finite Element Analysis• Strain Gauging• Computer Aided Design• Trouble Shooting and Problem Solving• Root cause failure analysis• Preparation of legal [email protected]
Richard also has experience as an expert witness and preparation of legal reports required for court proceedings.
John ParkerBE (Mech) MIE AustPrincipal Engineer
John Parker is a senior engineer at BMT WBM with over 40years’ experience. John has detailed knowledge related to the design, operations and maintenance of large mobile plant used in the mining industry.John has been and engineering expert witness for both legal and insurance client’s .John’s relevant skills and experience includes; detailed technical analysis, load measurement and detailed technical report for submission to an independent expert for mediation. John has 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 designer’s legal �rm for use in a pending court action.
Expert Areas• Independent expert witness mediation• Detailed technical analysis• Technical reporting• Technical expert for large mobile [email protected]
Rob is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 30 years of experience as a mechanical engineer in the mining, transport and manufacturing industries. His current role is Operations Director of BMT WBM Machinery Group where he leads and works with a team of approximately �fty engineers in o�ces in Australia, Canada and the USA. Rob has experience in insurance and loss adjustment investigations as well as providing expert witness advice for mining and process machinery.
Rob AngusBE (Hons) (Mech) MBA MIEAust CPEng RPEQPrincipal Engineer
Expert Areas• Machine Design, Troubleshooting, Failure Analysis and
Problem Solving• Dynamics/Vibration of Machines and Structures• Field Measurement and Analysis of Vibration and Strain
Gauging• Dynamic Finite Element, Methods analysis• Expert witness services• Insurance and loss adjustment [email protected]
Arnold WilliamsBEng Mech (Hons)Principal Engineer
Expert Areas• Root Cause Analysis, Stress and Fatigue Analysis• Acoustics and Vibration, Conveyor Dynamic
Analysis, Machine Design• Stress and Fatigue Analysis, Experimental Stress
Analysis, Field Testing and Instrumentation• Design Review, Life Extension Study, Thermal
Engineering• Failure Analysis, Troubleshooting, Expert Witness
Arnold Williams has 18 years of mechanical engineering experience performing varying roles from management to design, design auditing, inspection, failure analysis, troubleshooting and providing expert witness services. Arnold’s areas of expertise include; Acoustics and Vibration, Conveyor Dynamic Analysis, Machine Design, Stress and Fatigue Analysis, Experimental Stress Analysis, Field Testing andInstrumentation, Design Review, Failure Analysis, Troubleshooting, Expert Witness Services, Life Extension Study and Thermal Engineering.
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BMT WBM Brisbane Level 8200 Creek StreetBrisbane Queensland 4000PO Box 203 Spring Hill QLD 4004Tel +61 7 3831 6744Fax +61 7 3832 3627Email [email protected]
BMT WBM Denver Suite 1208200 S. Akron StreetCentennialDenver Colorado CO 80112United StatesTel (+1) 303 792 9814Fax (+1) 303 792 9742Email [email protected]
BMT WBM MelbourneLevel 599 King StreetMelbourne Victoria 3000PO Box 604 Collins Street West VIC 8007Tel +61 3 8620 6100Fax +61 3 8620 6105Email [email protected]
BMT WBM Newcastle 126 Belford StreetBroadmeadow New South Wales 2292PO Box 266 BroadmeadowNew South Wales 2292Tel +61 2 4940 8882Fax +61 2 4940 8887Email [email protected]
BMT WBM Northern RiversSuite 6 20 Byron Street Bangalow New South Wales 2479Tel +61 2 6687 0466Fax +61 2 6687 0422Email [email protected]
BMT WBM Perth Level 320 Parkland RoadOsborne Park WA 6017PO Box 1027 Innaloo WA 6018Tel +61 8 9328 2029Fax +61 8 9486 7588 Email [email protected]
BMT WBM SydneySuite G213-15 Smail StreetUltimo Sydney New South Wales 2007Tel +61 2 8960 7755Fax +61 2 8960 7745 Email [email protected]
BMT WBM United Kingdom1st FloorInternational HouseSt Katharine’s WayLondonE1W 1AYTel +44 (0) 20 8090 1566Email [email protected]
BMT WBM Vancouver 401 - 611 Alexander StreetVancouverBritish Columbia V6A 1E1CanadaTel (+1) 604 683 5777Fax (+1) 604 608 3232Email [email protected]
BMT WBM has a proven record in addressing today’s engineering and environmental issues.We aim to continue to enhance our services, capabilities and areas of application to meet the community’s future development and environmental protection needs.
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