Expert No. 325461 – Construction Expert – CA(N)
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Expertise Description: QEC – Consulting expert in elevators. Expert in vertical transportation engineering with over 40 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: equipment design and development; installations; modernization and repairs of existing vertical transportation systems; equipment technology; equipment testing; quality assurance methods, procedures, and specifications; failure analysis; equipment and components; high rise commercial buildings; high rise residential buildings; shopping malls; and industrial facilities including oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, textile and steel mills, power generating stations, etc. Qualified Elevator Consultant (QEC). More than 15 years expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
| Elevator Failures | Elevators | Failure Analysis |
| Elevator Inspections | Equipment Failure | |
| Elevator Operation | Escalators |
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Accident investigation and reconstruction.
- Mediations.
- Construction claims.
- Failure analysis.
- Fire investigations.
- Industrial accidents.
- Residential claims.
- Commercial claims.
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Engineering services and management of elevator and escalator projects.
- Business development.
- Marketing of engineering services for elevator and escalator projects.
- Coordination of field operations.
- Client satisfaction.
- Quality control.
- Interfacing with owners, architects, managing agents, and elevator authorities in the locations of operations.
- New product availability.
- Reliability research.
Licenses & Certifications:
| California Contractor - Elevator |
| California Contractor - Electrical |
| Mechanic, International Association of Elevator Constructors |
| Electrician, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS | Business Administration | Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- International Association of Elevator Consultants
- International Facility Managers Association
- Northern California Elevator Industry Group
