An architect and expert witness with more than 40 years of experience, this professional specializes in architectural design, building codes, plans and specifications, contract administration, asbestos and lead-related building issues, hospitals, and commercial construction. More than 30 years of expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, courtroom testimony, arbitration, reports, affidavits, and preparation of expert opinions. Litigation-related matters have addressed architectural standard of care, adequacy of contract documents, asbestos and lead abatement, building and fire code compliance, construction defects, substantial completion, contractor performance, accessibility requirements, slip-and-fall conditions, and construction-related personal injury.

Professional qualifications include documented architectural registration and certifications as an EPA Asbestos Abatement Project Designer, EPA Asbestos Inspector, EPA Asbestos Management Planner, Lead Inspector, Mold Investigator, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment professional, and Certified Aging in Place Specialist. Educational preparation includes formal architectural study culminating in a Certificate of Architecture. Professional affiliation includes the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. The professional record also documents architectural registrations in multiple jurisdictions, with many identified as inactive.

Leadership responsibilities have included service as President and principal-in-charge of architectural and environmental consulting work, with responsibility for project planning, project management, business development, design review, contract document review, specification preparation, construction contract administration, and lead- and asbestos-abatement design. Earlier project experience included nursing homes, schools, hospitals, and other institutional facilities. Expert assignments have also involved evaluation of architect and contractor conduct, compliance with contract requirements and building or fire codes, cost estimating for asbestos-containing materials, accessibility conditions, and field investigations of public facilities.

Across architectural and environmental disputes, the expert’s work has involved public and private projects including hospitals, schools, residences, condominiums, courthouses, community facilities, and commercial developments. His combined experience in architectural design, construction administration, hazardous-material assessment, code analysis, and extensive expert witness work supports evaluation of architectural standard of care, design and documentation issues, accessibility, asbestos and lead conditions, contractor performance, and other construction-related disputes.