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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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A scaffold transfers its own weight and the loads placed on it through its legs or supports to the surface below. Soft soil, settlement, uneven elevations, inadequate support, or shifting conditions can affect alignment and stability. Measurements, photographs, base plates, mudsills where used, ground conditions, and signs of movement can help document and assess how the scaffold was supported at the relevant time.
Bracing helps a scaffold frame maintain alignment and resist swaying, racking, or displacement. Ties, guys, anchors, or equivalent restraints may also connect or stabilize a supported scaffold where required by its height, loading, or configuration. Erection information, photographs, connection points, measurements, and component condition can be compared to document whether the bracing and restraint arrangement corresponded to the scaffold as erected.
Platform evidence can include plank dimensions, overlap, support points, gaps, displacement, deterioration, damage, and the distribution of materials across the working surface. Photographs and physical examination may help assess whether a platform unit shifted, broke, lacked adequate support, or changed position during the event. The platform configuration can also provide context for where workers, tools, or materials were located before a fall or collapse.
Structural Engineering, +4
Manufacturing
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
