Speakers

Engineer in three disciplines, Mechanical, Marine and Civil Engineering.  Academic focus, the evolution of design, to innovate while analysing traditional designs and skills.  
25 years’ experience in managing quarries and dimension stone production, masonry and pavement design and installation. Ongoing Involvement in professional development for designers and vocational training for operatives.  Active in the Stone Federation of Great Britain (SFGB) and the German Stone Federation (DNV).  Technical Committee positions and authorship:
1989 CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) programme for practical skills training for construction of modular pavements.
1999  Joint authorship of “Designing with stone” Ealing Publications.
2000  Joint authorship of the “SCOTS Report on Pavement Design”, carried out in conjunction with Heriot Watt University and TRL (Transport Research Laboratory).
2000-2002  Chairman of “British Stone”, the UK industry body representing dimension stone quarry operators.
2004-  Member of SFGB Technical Committee (Stone Federation of Great Britain).
2002-  British Standards Institute, Technical Committees:
B/507 Modular Paving
Convenor B/502/2 Pavement Installation
CB/507/7 Slip Resistance
CB/300 Screeds and in-situ floorings
CB/502 Maritime Works
2002-  CEN/CENELEC European Standards Institute, Technical Committees:
TC/178 Modular Paving
TC/339 Slip Resistance
TC/303 Screeds
TC/246 Natural Stone
2011-  “NHSS-30 Sector Scheme” guidance (National Highways Sector Scheme) for practical skills training for construction of modular pavements.
2015-  SIS Swedish Institute for Standards, Technical Committee:
SIS/TK 508 Natural stone products and concrete floor covering products
2021-  ISO - International Organization for Standardization Technical Committees:
ISO/TC 327 Natural Stones - national expert representing Sweden
Convenor ISO/TC 327/AG3 Terminology