Colin Craney

Colin Craney has 46-years industry experience, initially in a number of field and management roles with Otis, followed by 19-years in consulting, and is a consulting engineer with SVM Associates. He is a UK Chartered Engineer and Fellow of CIBSE, European Engineer, Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner, Accredited Consultant on the HSE Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) and is a Member of the Chartered Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Craney is a barrister, having been called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an Accredited Mediator, and is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Craney has been appointed in relation to hundreds of failure investigations, regulatory enforcement prosecutions, commercial claims and disputes. Areas of interest and expertise include the EU Directives, law and regulatory compliance applicable to the lift industry, management, health and safety in the lift industry, CDM 2015 Principal Designer, Authorising Engineer under NHS HTM 08-02, the modernisation of historical lift installations, lift- and escalator-related dilapidations and landlord and tenant disputes, competition and intellectual property law, incident and failure investigation, alternative dispute resolution and expert witness. Craney is a Forensic and Consultant Engineer, Accredited Mediator, Management Consultant and Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner with SVM Associates, a practice of independent lift and escalator and building services consulting engineers, and may be contacted at colin.craney@svma.co.uk.