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Expertise Description: P.E., NCE – Consulting expert with extensive experience in Electrical Engineering. Expertise includes electrical equipment and systems evaluation; product failure analysis; control system failure analysis; electrical support for origin and cause investigators on fire-related events; software failure analysis for PLC’s and micro-computers; and automotive electrical systems and controls. Registered Professional Engineer in Control System Engineering in the State of California. Narte Certified Engineer (N.C.E.). Over 20 years of expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: AIA – Consulting expert in architecture with more than 40 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: design, codes, plans & specifications, contract administration, asbestos, lead paint, hospitals, and commercial projects. Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA). Over 30 years of expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Experienced in Fire Protection & Mechanical Engineering with almost 20 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: failure analysis, fire suppression / alarm systems, plumbing systems, gas supply systems, consumer products, autos / trucks / other vehicles, fuel fired appliances, HVAC equipment, manufacturing equipment, agricultural / construction equipment, furnaces, boilers, water heaters, fuel systems, and explosions. Has performed more than 500 investigations for insurance, legal, and private clients... » Read Complete Profile
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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... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., P.E. – Industry expert with forensic consulting experience in: contracts; project design; details and planning; construction document analysis; and construction contract administration. Consults on architectural and construction defects, industry standard of care, scope of services, and building envelope design and failures. Highly skilled at differentiating the responsibilities of owners, architects, and contractors, as well as managing client expectations. Has over 30 years of experience in architecture, engineering, and construction... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: AIA, ASHRAE, CSI, CDT, LEED-AP, NCARB – Consulting building science architect with more than 14 years experience in the field. Experience includes: building enclosure technical design, consulting, construction inspections, and field investigations. Expertise includes: architectural glass and glazing (curtain walls, windows, skylights, and glazed doors); building enclosure analyses and recommendations; cause-and-origin investigations; and computer simulations of wind and windborne debris tracing. Typical scope of services include: assistance in evaluation of... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: CPA, CFE - Consulting expert experienced in forensic accounting with more than 35 years experience in the field. Extensive experience in the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) in diverse matters, including investigations into alleged fraudulent financial reporting, accountants' malpractice, and purchase price disputes. Also experienced in the financial aspects and evaluation of shareholder, partnership, joint venture, and management agreements; lender liability; and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting expert specialized in Accident Reconstruction and Safety with over 30 years experience in the field. Accident and safety expertise includes: Vehicular accidents- all vehicle types, pedestrians, component failures (e.g., brakes); Pedestrian - Slip, trip, fall, stairs, ramps, sidewalks, coefficient of friction; Premises - Building codes, lighting, glass, screens, electronic gates; Industrial & Construction Accidents - ladders, scaffolds, machine guarding, forklifts, construction vehicles, conveyors, lifts, hoists; Mechanical... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert specialized in products liability, personal injury, and materials failure analysis with over 40 years experience in the field. Experience includes: chemical, physical, thermal, spectral, and other testing methods used to analyze plastic part and product failures. Litigation experience includes: construction defects emphasizing plastic plumbing problems; design and manufacturing defects in plastic, rubber, and composite parts and materials; plastics extrusion; injection molding; thermoforming; and other plastics processing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.G., C.E.G. - Professional Geologist (P.G.) and Certified Engineering Geologist (C.E.G.) holding several additional professional certifications. Over 29 years experience in environmental and engineering practice. Expertise includes environmental permitting and regulatory compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, foundation engineering, waste management, storm water pollution, mining development, water resource management, underground storage tanks, groundwater contamination, and seismic surveys in numerous U.S. states and overseas locations... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., C.F.E.I - Professional engineer licensed in Florida, Connecticut, and New York, with over 27 years of experience managing and performing civil, structural, and environmental investigation, development, and construction projects. Has managed numerous asbestos and lead surveys from New York to Florida. Also has performed over 100 due diligence and condominium conversion investigations. Expert in performing forensic failure analyses. These analyses include structural, roofing, foundation, waterfront, underwater, geotechnical, water infiltration... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting expert specializing in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering. Licensed Civil and Geotechnical Engineer with more than 35 years of professional experience. Project experience includes: residential foundations; asphalt and concrete pavements; landslide investigation and stabilization; high rise building foundations; and foundations for power plants, dams, and pipelines. Forensic experience includes foundation failures, pavement cracking and deterioration, slab defection, moisture intrusion, wall failures, and sewer line distress. Ph.D. degree... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - A professional engineer registered in Louisiana and Texas as well as an ICC certified residential inspector. Expertise includes: construction defects and foundation performance; foundation evaluation and repair; water invasion source; extent of hidden water damages; mold etiology; EIFS; structural failure source and repair; builder warranty issues; workmanship; code conformance; damage causation; windstorm certification; building fire-contractor defense; and certification of structural integrity / buildback. Professional Engineer (P.E.). Prior expert... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., C.E.G., R.G., R.C.E., R.S.E. - Experienced in geology and geotechnical engineering. Expertise includes: earth movement, soil settlement, soil heave, soil creep, soil collapse, soil expansion, slope stability, landslides, mudflows, bluff failure, rock fall, stream bank collapse, drainage, erosion, moisture intrusion, slab seepage, crawlspace water, basement water, distress to structures, wall cracks, slab cracks, slab settlement, slab heave, foundation settlement, and foundation cracks. Additional expertise includes: retaining walls, wall collapse... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Over 48 years of experience in the construction industry with extensive experience in construction management, quality assurance, and quality control. Registered engineer in Illinois and Indiana. Has lectured in Finland, China, Kuwait, Spain, and Israel on the subject of construction quality. Participates in AWS, ASTM, AISC, and A2LA. Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Electrical plant engineer, design engineer, and consultant. Expertise includes: forensic / engineering assessments, analysis / cost valuations on fires / failures, lightning damage, electrocution, origin / cause of industrial and residential fires / explosions, heavy equipment / major appliance failure, electric power distribution, Original Equipment Manufacturer (O.E.M.) product failures, kitchen fire suppression systems, industrial equipment damage assessment, pay requests, and construction defects. Additional expertise in repair / replacement... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Provides forensic engineering, failure analysis and expert witness services to large commercial property owners, insurance companies, and attorneys. Specializes in fire investigations, product defect cases, and construction defect cases involving appliances, electrical equipment, HVAC Equipment, Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, low voltage / communication wiring and electronic control systems. Experience designing, installing, and operating data, broadband, and voice networks. Performs equipment inspections, analysis, and evaluations for Machinery Breakdown insurers... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.B.A.,CBI, ASPE, CSI - Consulting expert specializing in construction and building inspection, estimating, project management, scheduling, construction management. Expertise includes: building residential and commercial structures, tenant improvements, hands on management with various structures and finishes. Additional expertise in construction contract documents, drawings, specifications, building codes, OSHA requirements, cost to repair and scheduling in mediation, arbitration, civil litigation, and alternative dispute resolution forums. Multiple speeches and lecture presentations. Certified Building Inspector... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S., P.E., D.A.B.F.E.T. - Experienced in mechanical engineering, plumbing, HVAC, power, and utility mechanical systems. More than 50 years' mechanical design / operations experience encompassing general building construction, residential construction, hospitals, commercial buildings, warehouses, industrial construction, fossil / nuclear power plants, and utility distribution systems. Has taught diverse courses in engineering, technical design, construction, plumbing, and related exam preparation. Has delivered lectures on nuclear power to civic organizations. Member of... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Independent consultant with more than 30 years' experience developing and managing safety, security, emergency preparedness, and Environment of Care (E.O.C.) programs. Well disciplined in O.S.H.A. and E.O.C. compliance in federal and private healthcare sectors. Extensive professional experience in Department of Veterans Affairs as a Regional Program Safety Manager: in charge of the homicide investigation of a V.A. police officer, an oxygen leak / hospital unit failure investigation, and national emergency... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Practicing civil engineer, specializing in structural engineering. Expertise includes: advanced composites; blast testing; bridge inspection; bridge rehabilitation; civil infrastructure renewal / sustainability; composites; concrete; concrete repair / rehabilitation; construction defects; construction materials; failure analysis; ferrocement; fiber reinforced concrete; FPR; laboratory testing; masonry standards; materials engineering; non-destructive testing; reinforced concrete; research and development; steel reinforced polymers; strength evaluations; structural analysis; and structural fiber reinforced plastics. Fellow, American Concrete... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Mechanical and materials engineer, specializing in failure analysis. Expertise includes: accident investigation / reconstruction; construction defects (plumbing / H.V.A.C.); failure analysis (building materials, communications equipment, consumer products, machinery, medical devices; pressure vehicles, vehicles); fatigue / fracture / corrosion of metals / plastics / fiber composites; materials engineering; mechanical engineering; modal analysis; vibration testing; stress analysis; strain gage testing; finite element analysis; fires and explosions; thermal analysis and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Practicing civil and structural engineer, specializing in construction and building inspections, structural engineering, civil engineering, and traffic accident reconstruction. Expertise includes: airport design / construction; asphalt / concrete evaluation / design; backfill compaction; construction cost estimating; drainage; failure analysis; hydrology studies; hydroplaning / loss of skid resistance; noise mitigation; O.S.H.A. compliance; property loss; structural damage; and surveying. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., C.S.P. Investigated hundreds of industrial accidents during 30 plus years with General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler (automotive 'Big ThreeŸ?); was safety director at a sheet metal stamping plant; was corporate safety director for an automotive supplier, overlooking 14 plants, covering a span of seven (7) states, responsible for safety in stamping, assembly (automotive and drive train), machining, plastic (SMC, blow molding, and extrusion molding) plants. Knowledge and expertise includes... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Consulting civil engineer specializing in roofing issues, including laboratory analysis; inspections; building envelopes; roof management; roofing failures; moisture surveys; waterproofing; roof coatings; reroofing; leak investigation / analysis; ventilation / condensation; wind damage; fastenings; construction documents / monitoring; and insurance and legal claims. Further specialization in hurricane, earthquake, fire, and hail damage. Additional experience in fa??ade, concrete, and masonry failures, in addition to foundations, retaining walls, and anchors... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.B.A., P.E. - Consulting mechanical engineer for product failure analysis, personal injury analysis, property loss, accident reconstruction, accident causation, equipment evaluation, systems evaluation, construction accidents, general industry accidents, project evaluation, and safety and maintenance procedures. Specializing in residential heating and cooling including: decorative fireplaces, space heaters, wood burning fireplaces, wall furnaces, forced-air furnaces, log lighters, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers. Also experienced in residential ranges, water heaters, gas or wood-burning appliances... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B. - Consulting expert specialized in commercial and residential architecture, forensic architectural issues, architectural standard of care, and water intrusion failure analysis. More than 20 years of professional experience in architecture. Other areas of expertise include contractor delay claims, ADA analysis, mold remediation repairs, and course of construction claims disputes. Currently licensed as an architect in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Certified by the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consultant with expertise involving design engineering, project management, and construction management of industrial power generation, cogeneration, standby emergency power units, emergency diesel generators, and gas turbine generation systems. Specialized analytical services relating to plant performance, monitoring, control, fuel processing, and safety. Particular expertise for projects involving industrial gas turbines such as Allison 501/570 series in standby power and cogeneration applications, and for stationary power generation and marine propulsion... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting registered professional engineer and licensed general contractor with over 24 years of experience in consulting, design, construction project management, university teaching, and research. Specializes in structural analysis / design, damage and failure investigations, and construction defects / accidents. Has expertise in performance evaluation of constructed facilities including the effects of natural (wind, earthquake, flood, fire) and man-made (vibrations, blast and impact) hazards, damage assessment, and repair... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: PE - Electrical engineer experienced in design, testing, performance analysis, and forensic engineering relating to construction defects, electrical fire cause and origin (residential, commercial, and industrial circumstances involving appliances, electronic panels, machinery, signage, wiring, gas, arson, etc.), electrocution, and failure analysis (electrical and electromechanical systems and equipment, industrial machinery, manufacturing systems and equipment, etc.)... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Registered Geotechnical Engineer with over 33 years of extensive experience and practice. Soil and foundation engineering studies; field exploration and soil testing; forensic studies relating to ground subsidence, foundation distress, slope instability, expansive soils, fill compaction, groundwater seepage and seismic ground failure; analyses and recommendations for foundation repair and site stabilization; consultation assistance during construction repairs; and preparation of geotechnical engineering reports... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting Structural Engineer with expertise in the evaluation of the condition of existing damaged and distressed structures and the design of repairs to bring the facilities back to sound condition. Licensed professional engineer or structural engineer in 25 jurisdictions. More than 35 years experience in building design and construction. Experience includes: roofing and waterproofing; reinforced concrete, structural steel, and masonry structures; and the evaluation of historic structures. Has worked on... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., R.G., C.E.G. - Specializes in geologic and geotechnical investigations of landslides, slope failures, earthquake damage, land and building subsidence, soil creep, expansive soils, construction defects, and flooding... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: General Building Contractor with more than 25 years experience in the field. Expertise includes general building construction; construction defects; noncompliance issues related to UBC (Uniform Building Code); UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code); and standards of care in the industry. Experience includes: providing investigation, analysis, and reporting; assessing property damage and determining causation; providing analysis of general building construction defects and plumbing / mechanical system failures; reviewing the basis of construction claims... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Experienced in the use of forensic engineering, accident reconstruction, and biomechanics to analyze and reconstruct accidents and to perform biomechanical analysis of injuries. Expertise in accident reconstruction includes: traffic / vehicular (auto, truck, pedestrian, motorcycle, occupant motion, low speed impacts); slips & falls (friction testing); industrial accidents; and recreational and sports accidents. Expertise in biomechanics includes: bone and soft tissue injuries (head, back, neck, and extremities, including... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Mechanical engineer whose past experience inlcudes design engineering and chief engineering for several companies and ownership of companies involved in fabrication of truck bodies, accessories, and construction equipment... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in industrial and mechanical engineering in the aerospace, nuclear, shipbuilding, and computer industries for over 32 years. Areas of expertise include plant layout, material handling, quality control, machine design, construction cost estimating, custom equipment design, and plant relocation... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in arboriculture and plant pathology issues. Areas of expertise include ornamental horticulture, diseases of ornamental plants, landscape management, tree and shrub plant materials, tree management and preservation, relocation of trees on construction sites, evaluation of trees for preservation, pruning, disease diagnosis and treatment, arborist reports, tree valuation, surveys and hazard evaluations, and causes of tree failure resulting in property loss and personal injury... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., CFEI, CFPS - Over 27 years of engineering experience specializing in fires; explosions; fire protection; civil, electrical and mechanical failure analysis; design; construction; management of industrial plant production equipment; material handling machinery; and explosive mining equipment. Areas of expertise include fire cause and origin, explosions, large loss expert coordination and related mechanical and electrical failures. Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI). Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS). Prior consultation, expert... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in construction equipment with over 35 years of experience within the housing, industrial and heavy construction fields (in 11 Western states). Areas include accident reconstruction and failure analysis of heavy construction equipment such as scrapers, dozers, excavators, backhoes, compacting equipment, wheel loaders, generators, pumps, barges, dredges, lifts and other specialty construction equipment... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B., C.S.I. - Experienced in architecture and forensic architectural issues. Includes post construction building autopsy, professional standard of care, construction documents analysis, failure analysis (water infiltration / roofing failures), communication analysis between client, architect & contractor, change orders & correspondence clarification, and mold contamination in buildings... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in pipeline engineering issues. Main areas of expertise and experience include: gas and liquid pipelines, pipeline integrity, pipeline hydrostatic testing, and failures of pipelines. Additional work and studies have also covered the following areas: compressor stations, pump stations and equipment such as pumps, compressors, and gas turbines... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: More than 30 years experience in the construction industry in general building and lathing issues. Areas of expertise include lath and plaster (stucco), sheet metal and decks, water intrusion failure analysis, job sequencing, cost estimating and analysis, general construction methods, as well as, residential and tract housing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Corrosion engineer and corrosion specialist highly experienced in the areas of marine corrosion, cathodic protection, corrosion / metallurgical failure analysis, designing for corrosion control and facilities/utilities corrosion control. Past experience includes facilitating the application of metallurgical and corrosion technology to the Naval Shore Establishment through the development of criteria for the application of technology for design, construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and equipment, as well as, through... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Degree in environmental engineering. Experienced in corrosion engineering, water treatment, water quality analysis, water and wastewater treatment issues. Areas include analytical and process chemistry, water and wastewater analyses, hazardous waste management, corrosion processes and prevention, project and operations management, swimming pool sanitation equipment, water quality and treatment, wastewater treatment and disposal, food and drug chemistry, environmental sciences and engineering, laboratory management, and swimming pool water chemistry... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: PE, CEM, CPD, IAPMO Certified Mechanical Inspector, IAPMO Certified Plumbing Inspector – Experienced in mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering and construction issues with approximately 30 years of experience in the field. Areas of expertise include heating, ventilation & air conditioning, energy conservation, hot & cold supply systems, plumbing & drainage systems, roof drainage systems, process cold water & hot water systems, fire sprinkler & standpipe systems, fire suppression systems... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., S.E. - Over 30 years experience in civil and structural engineering. Areas of expertise include structural design and construction, review of building projects for lenders and prospective buyers, seismic studies for buildings, evaluation of structural design, as well as, analysis of construction problems and failures... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Over 20 years experience in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering and general building contracting providing design and construction services on a variety of projects worldwide. Areas of expertise include construction defects, foundation design, slope failures, asphalt, concrete pavements, and building code evaluations... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting metallurgical and materials engineer offering in-house analytical services related to characterization of advanced metallic, nonmetallic, ceramic, and composite materials including metals, rubber, fiberglass, ceramics, and plastics. Experienced in product liability, personal injury, and patent infringement cases, as well as, failure analysis involving: general corrosion, wear, and mechanical issues; surface characteristics; product development and design; automotive failures (axles, springs, tires, engine components), welds, plumbing / piping, medical... » Read Complete Profile
