Bob Swayne is a qualified building services consulting engineer with over 55 years of experience in the design, construction and maintenance of building engineering services installations for healthcare, commercial, retail, educational, residential and leisure facilities located both within the UK and the Middle East.

His core discipline is mechanical engineering services, i.e. heating, mechanical ventilation (including specialised ventilation for healthcare premises), air-conditioning & chilled water services, hot & cold water services, as well as the specification & application of thermal insulation to pipework systems and the application of fire stopping to mechanical & electrical engineering services.

Bob is also able to deal with matters pertaining to the maintenance of mechanical & electrical engineering services, including facilities management contracts and service agreements.

For the last 30 years, he has principally been involved in expert witness work, dealing with construction claims ranging in value from £10,000 to £21 million, acting either as an expert adviser, a party-appointed expert or as a single joint expert on claims under the Civil Procedure Rules and where required, has given oral evidence in court.

He has also undertaken work relating to claims involving professional negligence of M&E consulting engineers.