Expertise Description
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.Areas of Expertise
Expert Witness
My expert witness experience includes: structure distress, slope influence, landslides, debris flow, subsidence, settlement, expansive soils, excavations, grading, groundwater, moisture, and drainage.
Consulting Experience
My consulting services include: investigations; planning; design; cost estimating; oversight monitoring; construction observation of excavations, grading, transit, commercial, residential, and industrial facilities. My consulting projects include: Geotechnical field investigations and site availability analysis for over 1700 sites in the Los Angeles area; Investigations and designs of systems for solid waste, methane gas migration, and control underground contaminations and tank pulls; Civil Design for four-story parking structure; Surveying and geotechnical investigation for multiple airports; Freeway widening; Route Refinement Alternatives Analysis for a metrorail in Southern CA16-mile drainage system for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) System in southern CA; Supervised design of pavements, curbs, and stormwater catch basins; Reviewed interferences with water, sewer, telephones, and gas lines.
Education
| Degree | Subject | Institution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.S. | Engineering | UCLA | ||
| Post Graduate Studies | UCLA | |||
Licenses Certifications
| Registered Civil Engineer |
| CA |
| Registered Geotechnical Engineer |
| CA |
Awards & Affiliation
Primary Affiliation
American Society of Civil Engineers
Partial List of Consulting Expert Witness Cases
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