Legal cases involving foundation issues require expertise in structural integrity, soil mechanics, and construction standards. A fully-vetted foundation expert witness delivers critical insights, evaluates evidence, and provides defensible testimony to strengthen your case.
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A foundation expert specializes in the analysis and evaluation of structural foundations, including their design, construction, and performance over time. These professionals assess soil conditions, building codes, and construction practices to provide reliable insights for legal disputes involving foundation-related issues.
Their areas of expertise include:
These experts provide litigation-ready analysis to clarify liability, establish damages, and support your legal arguments in foundation-related cases.
A foundation expert witness is an essential part of your legal strategy, offering actionable insights and defensible analysis. Here’s how they help:
Assessing Structural Issues
Experts evaluate foundation stability, cracks, and settlement to determine causes and responsibility.
Analyzing Soil and Environmental Factors
They review soil composition, drainage, and external factors contributing to foundation issues.
Clarifying Construction Practices
Experts explain industry standards and building codes in clear terms for judges and juries.
Providing Defensible Testimony
With concise, evidence-based analysis, they deliver credible testimony that strengthens your case and withstands cross-examination.
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I have over 45 years experience in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering. My expertise includes: investigations, civil design, design oversight monitoring, planning, construction inspection and distress evaluation of residential, transit, commercial and industrial facilities. I have expert consultation experience on structure distress, landslides, subsidence, settlement, expansive soils, soil excavation, grading, and drainage. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have over 20 years experience working with residential construction defects. My areas of expertise include water intrusion issues, stucco problems, windows, doors, comfort issues, fit and finish, design errors, mold problems, maintenance concerns, fire damage, hail damage, seismic damage, and foundational issues. I have provided numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a residential construction defects expert witness for more than 15 years.
I have more than 40 years in the field of Civil Engineering with expertise in construction management and inspection. I have Electrical Inspector experience with preparing plans and specifications for residential and commercial designs; structural design; renovation, inspection of: dams, highways, historical buildings, storm drain channel systems, and site inspection reports. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 40 years of construction experience as a civil engineer. My areas of expertise include: heavy construction management, heavy construction estimating, heavy construction bidding, cost control, project scheduling, crew productions, claim preparation and negotiating, as well as construction systems engineering. I have more than 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 35 years experience in the field of Structural Engineering with expertise in structural design, failure analysis, and construction monitoring of commercial and residential structures. I have additional experience with single family and multi-family residences, schools, office warehouses, strip shopping centers, restaurants, commercial office buildings, medical office condominiums, hospitals, bridges, towers and retaining structures. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 30 years of consulting experience in engineering with an emphasis in civil and structural engineering. My expertise includes project management, permit acquisition, construction management, material testing (concrete), topographical surveying, civil, electrical, & mechanical, structural analysis, site planning drainage / hydraulics and hydrology, flood hazard investigation, geotechnical studies, foundation design, environmental & wetland, real-estate management, radio and switch engineering. I have provided consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition as a utility construction expert witness for more than 25 years.
I am a Registered Geotechnical Engineer with over 40 years of professional experience on major project assignments, including soil and foundation investigations, geologic and seismic investigations, field exploration and laboratory testing programs, engineering analysis, and on monitoring of earthwork and foundation construction for commercial, municipal, industrial, school, hospital, waterfront and residential developments. Since 1995, I have served as an independent geotechnical engineering consultant on over 700 design and construction projects, case reviews, and consulting assignments. I served as geotechnical engineering consultant to established engineering firms in California and Nevada, and as expert witness for legal dispute resolutions and insurance claim assessments. I have more than 15 years expert witness experience.
I have spent over 25 years working as an architect and contractor. My areas of focus include slope stability analysis, geotechnical investigations, foundation design, seismic hazard reports, foundation settlement analysis, forensic analysis, property design development, grading plans, flooding, cost estimates, drainage, hydrology & hydraulics analysis, erosion control, stormwater pollution, wood, steel, concrete and masonry superstructures, deep foundation systems, retaining walls, earthquake damage analysis, architectural & structural plans, submittal & preparation of cost estimates, and building permits. I have provided courtroom testimony, consultations, and deposition for more than 20 years as an architecture expert witness.
I have over 30 years experience as a 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. I also specialize in hurricane, earthquake, fire, and hail damage. My additional experience includes façade, concrete, and masonry failures, in addition to foundations, retaining walls, and anchors. I have expertise in construction management, scheduling, marketing, and training. I have more than 30 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 35 years of experience in the field of Civil Engineering with expertise in the planning and design of water transmission, utility systems, drainage, maritime, and transportation projects for public and private concerns. I have experience with land development, drainage, subdivision standards, utility line installations, residential home foundations, and small dams. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
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