Specific technical advice can be obtained from IOR members who offer consultancy services below. The type of commercial services available include project specifications, inspections & safety advice, training schemes, disputes or expert witness services in legal cases.
NOTE: The IOR does not give technical advice on specific commercial projects. It is emphasised that where consultants undertake work resulting from the appearance of their names on this list, they do so entirely in their own capacity, negotiating their own terms and fees. In no sense do they represent the IOR, who cannot accept any responsibility or liability for commercial contractual work of or advice given (even informally) by members.
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CEng, MIMechE
Partner
Hoare Lea Refrigeration
Western Transit Shed
12-13 Stable Street
London
N1C 4AB
tel : 020 3668 7100
fax : 020 3479 1591
email : alantreacy@hoarelea.com
website : http://www.hoarelea.com
Mechanical, electrical and environmental consulting engineers, offering a full range of services, specialising in refrigeration and ancillary systems design, specification, contract administration, planning supervision and project management. Commercial and industrial refrigeration; food, process, pharmaceutical and utility industries. Chilled and cold storage, air conditioning and environmental control. Report, advisory work and turnkey design services. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling. Expert witness representation
BSc Hons
Technical Director
Cooltherm (Group) Ltdn
Unit 5 Trubodys Yard
121 London Road
Bridgeyate
BRISTOL
BS30 5NA
tel : 01179 610006
mobile : 07970 049823
email : alex.strong@cooltherm.co.uk
website : www.cooltherm.co.uk
Cool-Therm (Group) are a water chiller & chilled water specialist and air conditioning services organisation. Alex Strong is the Technical Director. Physics degree educated, now with over 17 years of industry experience. He is a very capable technical engineer, commissioning technician and onsite trouble shooter as well as being technical lead and mentor for a 60+ strong team of passionate people working in our industry.
BSc, MSc, Dip Ed.
Principal
CCC Consultants
Fairview
Moorlynch
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 9BY
tel : 01458 210123
mobile : 07940 559312
email : a.gigiel@btinternet.com
Andrew Gigiel has more than 40 years experience of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems, heat transfer, and the control of food temperature, processes, and quality in the UK and worldwide.
His expertise is in: Thermodynamics, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps, Heat Transfer, Procedures and equipment to control temperature and minimise moisture and quality loss of food. Food and refrigeration safety, regulation and enforcement.
Consultancy - Wide experience in the design, specification, fault analysis, energy efficiency and assessment of refrigeration processes and equipment.
Troubleshooting - Extensive experience in troubleshooting refrigeration systems and food processes, measuring and analysing performance and recommending remedies.
Legal Expert Witness reports and evidence in court - Andrew Gigiel is a listed expert witness with court experience. He has written 63 Expert Witness Reports in the past 20 years and has given evidence in court on 10 occasions. He also has experience of dispute resolution.
Design of innovative systems - Patent holder for a novel process to recover and remove high boiling point refrigerants (including water) from refrigeration and thermosyphon systems and currently developing commercial systems. An enthusiast for air-cycle and water refrigeration since 1987 he has designed and developed systems for food freezing, retail display cabinets, transportation, building air conditioning and heating and combined heating and cooling of food.
Research and Development - Andrew Gigiel has published 51 papers in internationally refereed journals, 73 papers at National and International Symposium and popular articles.
Energy audits - Assessment of existing plants to improve energy efficiency.
Modelling - Andrew Gigiel has written mathematical models, some incorporated into commercial computer applications, to predict refrigeration performance and food temperatures during processing storage and transport.
Training - Andrew Gigiel trains refrigeration engineers, energy managers and environmental health inspectors on site.
B.Eng (Hons), C.Eng, MInstR, MCIBSE, FIHEEM
Director
Upper Langley Consulting Ltd
Old Harrow
Langley
Stratford Upon Avon
CV37 0HW
tel : 44 (0)1926 840295
mobile : 44 (0) 7887847734
email : andy@upperlangley.com
website : http://www.upperlangley.com
Andy is an independent Chartered Engineer, with over 30 years experience in Refrigeration and Building Services Engineering. Having previously worked for government bodies, major Contractors and private design Consultancies, Andy is able to offer the following services to the industry:-
MSc, FInstR
Coolideas Ltd
143 Victoria Road East
Thornton-Cleveleys
Lancs
FY5 5HH
tel : 01253 829 828
mobile : 0779 327 4189
email : bob@coolideas.info
website : www.coolideas.info
Bob Long has been involved in industrial refrigeration system design for over 45 years covering many aspects of this diverse industry with proficiency in the use of ALL available refrigerants over a broad field of applications. Specialisation in energy storage has been the company's recent focus with innovative energy management technology branded 'Energy-Vault', winning awards in a number of national technology competitions.
The parent company web page can be found at www.coolideas.info and provides a full turnkey service to users and prospective users of industrial refrigeration.
Professional advice is available through Coolideas consulting service and provides assistance in all refrigeration plant problems, associated with design, operational issues, legal assistance or planning a new project.
Coolideas offers affordable solutions to complex problems and innovative procedures for difficult situations.
Refrigeration Consultancy Services
Transcool UK Ltd
166 Battram Road
Battram
Coalville
Leicestershire
LE67 1GB
mobile : 07967 018432
email : info@transcooluk.com
Extensive practical experience of a wide variety of refrigeration troubleshooting, development, and design, C&E marking, product technical support, marketing, and Supermarket packs.
PhD
Re-phridge
PO Box 4745
Stratford upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 1FE
tel : +44 (0) 1789 268285
mobile : +44 (0)780 3021920
email : d.colbourne@re-phridge.co.uk
Areas of expertise and work activities include:
BSc (Hons), MIMechE, CEng.
Director
Star Technical Solutions
Thornliebank Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G46 8JW
tel : 0141 6387916
fax : 0141 6 388111
email : dblackhurst@star-ts.co.uk
website : http://www.star-ts.co.uk
Star Technical Solutions (STS) is the technical advisory service of Star Refrigeration Ltd. Its purpose is to provide expert, impartial and independent advice to users and owners of cooling plant and systems and to the wider refrigeration industry.
With a team of 6 full time technical staff, and access to the knowledge base of Star Refrigeration, it brings together wide ranging and expert knowledge of the refrigeration, HVAC, heat pump and insulated envelope industries.
The main resource and strength of STS lies in the unique combination of practical experience, academic qualification and proven inventiveness of its experienced staff. Its main services are:
The main areas in which STS has particular expertise include:
BSc CEng CSci FIEE FIET FInstR MInstPet MEI FIFST FRSA
Chartered Engineers - Chartered Scientists
Doug Marriott Associates Ltd
New Forest Farm
New Forest Lane
Chilham
Canterbury
CT4 8BG
tel : +44 (0) 1227 730912
mobile & whatsapp : +44 (0) 7860 331834 or +44 (0) 7768 353649
email : marriottuk@aol.com
website : http://www.spiral-freezers.co.uk www.dougmarriottassociatesltd.blogspot.com
Chartered Consulting Engineers, Chartered Scientists & Expert Witness. Robust team of Associates with expertise in a range of refrigeration and food process & food retail refrigeration & food freezing & chilling & related engineering areas. 25 years relevant experience including 14 years as Director of Engineering at Safeway plc, Director at APV Freezing Thetford.
Experts in minimising life costs, in operational, energy, maintenance, and plant replacement solutions for refrigeration plant & food process systems and allied industries (chemical power, food retail etc). Food factory consulting engineers and management consultants.
Lifetime experience on Food Freezing covering spiral freezers for ready meals, meat, fish, poultry, dairy & ice cream, bakery including refrigeration plant. Delivered numerous new installation consultancy to clients ensuring high specification and at optimum capital and revenue cost.
Absorption refrigeration systems & applications of CHP and tri-generation and integration with VCR conventional plant. Food, agricultural and waste applications.
Fully conversant with current Government energy and legislation opportunities, new refrigerants ammonia CO2.
Expert witness - refrigeration food processing and energy systems.
Authored and co-authored over 30 referenced food freezing& refrigeration &energy related papers/subjects.
R&D contractors and solution developers, interest in smart agriculture and smart built environment. Strong team of Indian software and engineers.
Laboratory testing facilities. Accredited energy conservation Engineers opportunity identification & solution providers.
Eur.Ing M.A. (Cantab) CEng M.I.MechE MIE (Aust) CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE (Aus) MInstR
Partner
FJB Systems LLP
47 Queens Road
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 9UH
tel : 01372 468839
mobile : +44 (0) 7801 711845
email : info@fjb.co.uk
website : www.fjb.co.uk
FJB are a fully independent engineering consultancy specialising in the design and project management of cold stores and food manufacturing facilities.
Whilst FJB are multi-disciplinary, we have specialist in-house refrigeration expertise and provide the following services -
BSc FInstR
Director
Cool Concerns
Unit 5 Duddage Business Park
Brockeridge Road
Tewkesbury
GL20 6BY
tel : +44 (0) 7860 274169
mobile : +44 (0) 1684 290333
email : janeg@coolconcerns.co.uk
website : www.coolconcerns.co.uk
Jane is a practical refrigeration engineer with over 35 years experience in the commercial RAC industry. Initially from a refrigeration equipment manufacturing background, she set up Cool Concerns in 1991. The business has a wide customer base (end users, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers) and provides practical and cost effective solutions. It specialises in all aspects of Hydocarbon and Carbon Dioxide systems. Jane is a past president of the Institute of Refrigeration and continues to be actively involved with its activities and on-going development.
General consultancy for commercial refrigeration in the UK and overseas including:
Training on all aspects of commercial refrigeration including:
B.Sc, M.Sc, FInstR
Refrigeration Developments and Testing (RD&T)
Churchill Building
Langford
Bristol
BS40 5DR
tel : 0117 928 9300
email : j.a.evans@rdandt.co.uk
website : http://www.rdandt.co.uk
RD&T provide technical services and specialist consultancy in the following areas:
CEng, FIMechE, FlnstR
Michael Boast Engineering Consultancy Ltd
25 Chawton Crescent
Milton Keynes
MK8 9EG.
tel : +44 (0)1908 561320
mobile : 07836 245896
email : michael.boast@btconnect.com
website : http://www.michael-boast.co.uk
I am a Chartered Engineer with a lifetime’s experience from the refrigeration and cold storage industries. I make use of this knowledge to provide expert witness services and expert evidence reports, following site investigations where appropriate.
Experienced in the effect, monitoring and solutions in respect of “Frost Heave” associated with cold storage and blast freezer installations.
Provide site investigations and reports concerning malfunctioning plant and faulty installations.
I am a member of the Academy of Experts and trained in Adjudication. I also act as a joint single expert to the Courts.
I am therefore available to advise on matters of litigation and take part in/or offer Adjudication, Arbitration and Mediation services
I can mediate between parties to resolve technical issues and avoid the high costs of litigation.
FInstR
Business Edge Ltd
6 Dragoon House
Hussar Court
Westside View
Waterlooville
Hampshire
PO7 7SF
tel : +44(0) 23 9223 0007
mobile : 07860 611666
fax : +44(0) 23 9223 0006
email : mike@businessedgeltd.co.uk
website : http://www.BusinessEdgeLtd.co.uk
Mike Creamer is Founder and Managing Director of Business Edge Limited, a company formed in 1990, which provides Technical Consultancy, Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Training and Certification and specialised to the industry. Mike has also secured international patents covering the development of a unique high-speed oil-free Centrifugal Vapour Compressor (CVC) technology.
Specialist areas of expertise & services include:
Mike Creamer is the Author of the long running Masterclass Series (14 years) within the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration News Journal and is also author of technical articles written for Service Engineer and ACR Today Journals. Mike has written over 145 technical articles covering Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services Technology.
Mike and Business Edge Limited have secured the following awards:
2009 ACR News Awards:
2009 Cooling Industry Awards:
2011 RAC Awards:
2014 ACR News Awards:
2014 ACR National Awards:
2015 HVR Awards:
2015 ACR News Awards:
Full CV and extensive personal history available on application.
MBA, LLM, IEng, MCIBSE, FIET, MASHRAE
Stephen Gill Associates – Refrigeration and Energy Consultants
Energy Efficient Solutions Limited
Stanton Lodge
Aston on Trent
Derby
DE72 2AH
tel : +44 (0)1332 799259
mobile : +44 (0)7970 786893
email : steve@energyefficientsolutions.co.uk
website : http://sgaconsultants.co.uk
Independent, multi-award winning international refrigeration, energy and environmental consultants with over 30 years’ experience in industrial refrigeration, air conditioning and process cooling for the food and beverage manufacturing, storage and distribution, and process industries.
Stephen Gill Associates have been awarded the following:
2014 National ACR Awards – Consultant of the Year
2014 National ACR Awards – Environmental Champion
2014 ACR News Awards – Consultant of the Year
2013 HVR Awards – Consultant of the Year
Range of services offered in the UK and to multi-nationals with sites around the globe include:
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephencgill
Institute of Refrigeration
Kelvin House, 76 Mill Lane
Carshalton Surrey SM5 2JR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)208 6477033