Structural Damage Expert 324766 AZ

Expertise Description

I have more than 15 years experience in the field of Structural Engineering, Defects, Damage & Failure Analysis. My expertise includes investigations on structural damage, failure, and collapse as wells as defect studies and code compliances. I teach courses on structural design, earthquake engineering, and material properties. I have prior expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Areas of Expertise

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Expert Witness

My expert witness experience includes Construction defects; Property loss investigation / insurance coverage; Professional liability and standard of care; Structural failure analysis; Code compliance investigation; Cause and origin investigation; Building damage investigation and documentation; Earthquake damage investigation Structural damage assessment; CAT response (hurricane, earthquake, flood, etc) (both damage documentation and coverage litigation); Construction litigation and claim evaluation; Premises liability (slips, trips, and falls); ADA compliance review.

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Consulting Experience

My consulting services include civil / structural engineering services for construction litigation and claim evaluation; conducts structural failure and collapse investigations; construction defect studies; structural analysis and design services; property loss investigations; construction administration; research in the area of earthquake engineering, including seismic behavior and design of steel structures, structuralfatigue analysis, and mechanical properties of construction materials.

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Education

Licenses Certifications

Awards & Affiliation

Primary Affiliation

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Partial List of Consulting Expert Witness Cases

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