Committee membership includes:
BSI committees B/519 Ancillary components, masonry, B/525 Masonry – Workmanship on Building sites, B/539 Natural stone tiling, B/545 natural stone cladding.
CEN Standards committee. CEN /TC 246 WG 3 & 4 BSI Expert.
Euroroc, Stone Federation Great Britain member of the Committee.
Past President Stone Federation Great Britain.
Past President Euroroc.
Co-Director annually 2008 – 2019, the 7-day course at Marmo+Mac “Designing with Stone” for international architects.
Co-Director 2022 & 2023 7 day course designing with stone for LDS architects in Italy and Portugal.
Standing Joint Committee for natural stone. Annual lectures since 1984.
Scottish Stone Liaison Group – Director and Stone Federation representative 2002–2010.
Profile
I first started work as a junior draughtsman for a local stone company in 1960. After a few misspent years in my late teens, working in other areas of construction, I returned to a stone-related industry and spent the next 23 years designing anchoring systems, many of which were for natural stone.
First-hand experience working with different cultures, construction methods and regulations around the world served me well, and I started presenting lectures on the design and installation of natural stone; a subject that led me to be invited to present lectures in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA.
In 1980 I became involved with the Stone Federation Great Britain and presented an annual lecture at the Stone in Building course, organised by the Standing Joint Committee on Natural Stone.
In 1969 I joined the BSI committee producing CP 297 & CP 298, both published in 1972; CP 298 was the first British Standard Code of Practice for non-loadbearing natural stone cladding.
My appointment in 1990 as technical manager and then associated technical director for a major UK stone contractor gave me first-hand experience in all aspects of quarrying, production, design, and installation, which has been invaluable. I was also fortunate enough to be able to study all aspects of the restoration and conservation of natural stone buildings during that time.
1993 saw the formation of Harrison Goldman. Although now retired from Harrison Goldman, during my 25 years I was fortunate to be able to work on some very prestigious projects both in the UK and internationally. This has taken me to quarries and factories on many continents.
On the 15ᵗʰ March 2019, I was awarded the Duke of Gloucester Gold Medal. This Award was made to me by The Duke of Gloucester to honour “an outstanding achievement during my lifetime because it was seen that my work is of considerable merit”.
I have been awarded the Stone Federation Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award
I now work as an independent stone consultant.
Expertise
Many years of experience in all aspects of natural stone is invaluable when being involved in the design of new construction, repair, restoration, and cleaning of Listed Buildings around the world.
Relevant Publications and Articles
P. Harrison “The fixing of GRCD Cladding” – Seminar paper presented in Honk Kong 1982 and published in Hong Kong Contractor.
Article – Anchor systems for glass reinforced Cladding – Concrete International – American Concrete Institute – 1985.
Article – Refurbishment Specialist Fixings – Refurbishment Products – 1986.
P J Harrison Chapter 10 Fixings Precast Concrete Cladding Edward Arnold 1992.
M. Wilson & P Harrison Appraisal and Repair of Cladding and Fixings. Thomas Telford 1993.
Peter Harrison – Chapter 6 – Fixing Systems Designing with Stone – Ealing Publications 1999.
Peter Harrison & Peter Gibbs of Taywood Engineering Research project funded by DETR The prevention and repair of corrosion in masonry clad steel framed buildings 1999
Peter Harrison, Jan Masat, Arna Peric-Matthews – Cladding Fixings – good practice guide – CIRIA 2000.
Article – Peter Harrison & Phil Leroy Natural Stone Cladding and Masonry – The Gurney Builder 2002.
Peter Harrison Contributor natural stone masonry in modern Scottish construction. Scottish Stone Liaison Group 2008.