Dr. Andrew Smith
Expertise in: Sustainability; Alternative, Secondary & Recycled Materials
Principal Consultant
Andrew is an Industrial Minerals Geologist by training, holding a Joint Hons Degree in Geology and Physical Geography, a MSc in Industrial Mineralogy, and a PhD in Concrete Technology. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of London and a qualified Expert Witness, holding the Cardiff University Expert Witness Certificate.
Sustainability Services
Andrew has over twenty years experience in academic, industrial manufacturing and R&D/Consultancy roles within the evaluation, use and in-service evaluation of construction and other manufacturing processes and products, much of which has been in the assessment of the manufacturing process or the impact of use of these products in the environment and energy, climate change and greenhouse gas fields.
Andrew specialises in the development or adaptation of existing measuring and assessment tools within the field of sustainability and carbon impact within the manufacturing and construction sectors. He is a trained lead Assessor for EU ETS and sits on a number of sustainability and environmental committees within the construction materials sector and represents the UK on matters relating to Regulated Dangerous Substances in the European Standards Committees for Construction.
Waste Materials - Alternative, Secondary and Recycled Materials
Andrew was formerly the Head of Research & Technical Development for Hanson Brick where he developed many of the methodologies for assessment of none primary raw materials that the UK brick manufacturing sector use today.
For the past twelve years Andrew has worked closely with the UK’s heavy clay construction products sector and developed assessment methodologies for the evaluation (technical, environmental, financial and strategic) and screening of materials from alternative sources in order to minimise the use of primary raw materials.
Additionally, Andrew is the author of the annual MARSS (Materials from Alternative Recycled and Secondary Sources) Survey which the UK brick industry has adopted as a sustainability key performance indicator.