International Associates
Dr Broomfield wrote the book on corrosion of steel in concrete, literally. His book on this topic is a best seller in its field. John is the chairman on NACE’s Realkalisation and Chloride Extraction Committee and the Corrosion Prevention Association’s technical committee.
Professor Bamforth’s research in concrete durability has led to several seminal papers in the areas of fresh concrete, service life prediction and thermal analysis He is visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield on asset management and service life prediction.
Dr John Williams
Dr Williams has over 15 years experience working with timber. His main areas of research and consultancy are specialising in wood preservation and the inspection and assessment of historical timber structures. He is manager for Timber Research And Development Association (TRADA) timber inspection & maintenance division.
Dr Hemmings is a Chartered Chemist specialising in construction materials. He is a widely published authority in environmental materials technology, cement and concrete materials science, and grouting of mines. Dr. Hemmings is recognized for his innovative approaches to engineering chemistry and materials science and holds six patents.
Mr Roberto Giorgini - CV
Mr Giorgini graduated in metallurgy in the Netherlands and went on to study
corrosion at UMIST. He participatedin the European technical committee of EN 12696 "CP of steel in concrete" and is a member of EFC WP11 "Corrosion of steel in concrete". In 2004 he became a NACE certified CP specialist. He has worked in the cathodic protection of reinforced concrete field for 17 years and has installed and monitored many impressed current and galvanic anode CP systems. He has also performed hundreds of inspections on concrete infrastructure in Italy and Netherlands. He developed the Zinc layer anode and GSC anode systems and is the proprietor of CorrPRE Engineering.