Profile: An accomplished materials engineer and geomaterials specialist with 15 years of experience providing consultancy and investigation services for construction projects involving modern and historic construction materials including building stone, aggregates, concrete, mortars, plasters, soils, bituminous mixtures, ceramics, metals and paints. Expertise in a wide range of asset engineering practices involving materials technology, forensic engineering, service life prediction and asset management planning. Projects undertaken range from pre-construction advice, quality control during construction, through to condition surveys of existing structures, failure investigation and expert witness services. Has worked throughout the UK, in the UAE and Qatar and has provided consultancy for projects worldwide.
Has authored and co-authored a number of published book chapters, journal papers and technical articles. Participates in technical commitees and regularly gives presentations on the subject of construction materials engineering to a variety of audiences.
Education: MSc Geomaterials, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London
BSc (Hons), Geology, University College London, University of London
BTEC HND, Geological Technology, South London College, London
Dip RMS, Diploma of the Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford
Professional Status: European Geologist
Chartered Geologist
Chartered Engineer
Chartered Scientist
Fellow of the Geological Society
Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Member of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
Member of the International Association of Quality Practitioners
Member of the Geologists' Association
Member of the Building Limes Forum
Member of the European Federation of Geologists
Member of the European Microscopy Society
Professional Experience: 2007>: Senior Materials Engineer, Halcrow Group Limited, London, UK
2005-2006: Career break - travelling and writing
2002-2005: Senior Construction Materials Scientist, STATS Limited, St Albans, UK
1999-2002: Senior Materials Scientist, Technotrade Limited, Garston, UK
1998-1999: Senior Construction Materials Scientist, STATS Limited, St Albans, UK
1997-1998: Construction Materials Scientist, STATS Limited, St Albans, UK
1994-1997: Geologist, STATS Limited, St Albans, UK
1993-1994: Laboratory Technician, Costain Limited, Maidenhead, UK
Publications: Ingham J. P. 2010. Geomaterials Under the Microscope - A Colour Guide. Manson Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84076-132-0.
Concrete Society Technical Report 71. 2010. Concrete Petrography: An Introductory Guide for the Non-Specialist. Concrete Society, Camberley, ISBN 978-1-1904482-61-1.
Ingham J. 2010. Slate Under the Microscope. Roofing, Cladding & Insulation, May, 62-64.
Ingham J. 2010. Putting Stone Under the Microscope. Natural Stone Specialist, March, 32-34.
Ingham J. P. 2009. Diagnosing Defects in Lime-based Construction Materials. Journal of Architectural Conservation, November, 59-80.
Turnpenny K. and Ingham J. 2009. Conservation: Cathodic Protection - Remedy for Steel Frame Frame Corrosion. Natural Stone Specialist, April, 22-26.
Ingham J. 2009. Forensic Engineering of Fire-damaged Structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering, 163, Special Issue - Forensic Engineering, May, 12-17.
Ingham J. P. 2008. Application of Petrographic Examination Techniques to the Assessment of Fire-damaged Concrete and Masonry Structures, Materials Characterization, doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2008.11.003.
Ingham, J. P. 2008. Forensic Engineering of Fire-damaged Concrete Structures. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Forensic Engineering, ICE, London, 3-5 December 2008.
Concrete Society Technical Report 68. 2008. Assessment, Design and Repair of Fire-damaged Concrete Structures. Concrete Society, Camberley, ISBN 978-904482-51-2.
Ingham, J. P. and Tarada, F. 2007. Turning Up the Heat - Full Service Fire Safety Engineering for Concrete Structures. Concrete, October, 27-30.
Ingham, J. P. 2007. Assessment of Fire Damaged Concrete and Masonry Structures: The Application of Petrography. Proceedings of the 11th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Porto, Portugal, 5-9 June 2007.
Ingham, J. P. 2005. Predicting the Frost Resistance of Building Stone. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 38, 387-399.
Ingham, J. P. 2005. Investigation of Traditional Lime Mortars - the Role of Optical Microscopy. Proceedings of the 10thEuroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Paisley, United Kingdom, 21-25 June 2005.
Ingham, J. P. 2005. Characterisation of Roofing Slate by Optical Microscopy. Proceedings of the 10thEuroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Paisley, United Kingdom, 21-25 June 2005.
Ingham, J. P. and Hamm, T. 2005. Using Microscopy and Microanalysis to Investigate Concrete. Concrete, March, 27-29.
Ingham, J. P. 2005. The Role of Light Microscopy in the Investigation of Historic Masonry Structures. Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 40/1, 14-22.
Sims, I., Ingham, J. P. and Sotiropoulos, P. 2004. Forensic Petrography and AAR Diagnosis. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reactions, Beijing, China, 15-19 October 2004, 995-1004.
Ingham, J. P. 2003. Laboratory Investigation of Lime Mortars, Plasters and Renders. Journal of the Building Limes Forum, 10, 17-36.
Many of these papers can be downloaded as individual PDF documents on the Publications Page of this website.
Technical Committees: The Concrete Society -
2008 - 2010: Chairman of Concrete Petrography Working Party
2007 - 2009: Member of Assessment of Fire-Damaged Structures Working Party
The Geological Society -
2009 - present: Member of the Applied Petrography Group
The Institution of Civil Engineers -
2010 - present: Member of Editorial Advisory Panel for ICE Proceedings Journal - Forensic Engineering
Geomaterials Specialist, European Geologist, Chartered Geologist, Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist
