STUART DRYDEN, Senior Consultant

Education

BSc Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The City University

MSc (Distinction) Applied Acoustics, University of London

LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws, University of London

Diploma in Air Pollution Control (from the Royal Society of Health)

Professional Affiliations

European Engineer

Chartered Engineer

Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics

Associate of the Chartered Institution of Environmental Health Officers

Synopsis

Over 20 years experience in acoustics about two-thirds of which has been spent in consultancy following nearly seven years working for a local authority. He has experience of measuring, predicting, controlling, and assessing noise from many different sources including noise in the workplace and environmental noise for both the construction and operation phases of a variety of developments.

In addition to producing assessments and reports he has experience as an expert witness and has appeared for private and public sector clients in Public Inquiries and the courts.

He was a former member of the Noise Working Parties of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association.

Experience

1998 – to date     Rupert Taylor – Senior Consultant

1990 - 1998       Environmental Resources Management - Head of Acoustics

1983 - 1990      WS Atkins - Principal Engineer, Acoustics Department

1977 - 1983      London Borough of Southwark - Senior Technical Officer,  Environmental Health Services Dept

1974 – 1977      EMI Central Research Laboratories,Research and Development Engineer, Acoustics Department