This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in engineering and construction management, specializing in avoiding, minimizing, or resolving problems that may evolve during the design and construction process. He earned his BS in civil engineering from Drexel University and is licensed in 15 states as a registered professional engineer. He is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Associated General Contractors ...
This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in construction management and claims analysis. He earned his BS in civil engineering from Catholic University of America, is certified as a planning and scheduling professional, and is a licensed professional engineer. He is active in his field as a member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Society of Highway ...
This qualified expert has extensive experience in construction management, specializing in schedule disputes including, extension of time, disruption and loss of productivity, and acceleration claims. She studied construction management at New York University and is certified as a project management professional, a scheduling professional, and a scheduling trainer. She is active in her field as a member of the National Association of Women in Construction and the Project ...
This high-qualified expert has nearly 50 years of experience in the field of construction. He earned his BS from Monmouth College, is a certified EPA renovator, and is licensed as a new home builder, home improvement contractor, construction code official, building sub-code official, and a residential, commercial, industrial, and high rise/high hazard specialist. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Bergen/Passaic Municipal Inspectors Association and the ...
This expert has over 25 years of experience in architecture. He received his BA and MS in architecture from Tulane University and is a licensed architect in eight states. He is also a Haag certified inspector in residential and commercial roofing as well as wind damage. He is active in his field as a member of the American Institute of Architects, a past president of AIA Idaho, and a member of the U.S. Green Building Council. Throughout his career, he has performed over ...
This expert has extensive experience in both construction and home inspections for mold, water intrusion, air quality, termite damage, and pesticide handling and misuse. He is a certified pest control operator, residential thermographer, and entomologist. He is also a licensed building inspector and mold assessor. This expert is a member of the American Society of Home Inspectors and the Entomological Society of America. He has previously served as a branch manager for ...
This expert has 37 years of experience in construction, specifically, log homes. After earning his BA in geography and his MA in historical geography, he founded his own log cabin construction company. He also served as the editor of Log Building News for over 20 years and he authored the Log Construction Manual. He is an active member of the International Log Builders Association and has served on the International Code Council panel tasked with writing log home ...
This expert has extensive experience in property insurance claims and construction disputes. He received his BA from Christendom College before starting a design-build construction company. After, he held positions as a senior claims adjuster at Cunningham Lindsey, the executive vice president of Clairvaux Institute, and the executive general adjuster at Solutia Adjusters. Currently, he is an executive consultant at an insurance claims consultancy in Colorado....
This highly-qualified expert has 25 years of experience in the field of civil and construction engineering. He earned his BS at Nagpur University, his MS at the University of Cincinnati and his PhD in civil engineering at Purdue University. He is a licensed professional engineer and active in his field as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the author of over 195 papers and 5 books. He has formerly served as an assistant professor of civil engineering ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience with real estate, insurance, sales and litigation consulting. She earned her BA in economics at the University of Illinois at Champaign and both her MBA and PhD in business and marketing at Florida Atlantic University. She is a certified building contractor and a licensed public adjuster and private investigator. She spent 12 years working as a senior vice president of sales and marketing at Summit Hotel ...
This expert has over a decade of experience in residential and commercial construction. He earned his BS and MBA from Texas A&M University and went on to serve as a consultant for Accenture before moving into the construction industry. His construction experience includes commercial projects up to $125 million such as luxury hotels, hospitals, schools, airports, and office buildings. His residential construction experience includes custom home building and remodeling on ...
This expert has over 40 years of experience in the construction and insurance industry. He is a licensed insurance adjuster and general adjuster and is certified in fraud in the property casualty insurance industry. He is a member of the Sacramento Claims Association and the Forensic Expert Witness Association. He previously served as a forensic construction consultant at the Forensic Group, as a wastewater consultant at Shanghai China, Municipal, and as a consultant at ...
Amazon recently entered a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve claims of improper driver compensation. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will pay nearly $62 million to settle charges that it failed to pay its Amazon…
On Election Day 2020, California voters approved one of the most expensive ballot measures in the state’s history, Proposition 22. The measure was both created and heavily campaigned for by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash. With the passing of Proposition 22,…
Construction litigation is a vast and varied practice area. There are countless disputes that can arise over the course of a building project that may require legal action—and a wide range of expert consultants. But recently, three specialties have emerged…
1. Lesson: Vet and Screen Your (And Your Opponent’s) Experts “From depositions I got from other cases [the opposing expert] handled, I got him to admit he lied to the jury when he said he was a safety expert, as…
The science of assessing construction defects involves a fascinating array of possibilities depending on the nature of the work, and its context. If you’re an attorney whose firm specializes in construction litigation, surely you have a leg up on the…
Finding the right construction defects and workmanship claims expert is a slippery slope for attorneys whose specialty is not construction. A typical strategy to find a construction expert is to retain an engineer or architect expert, since like attorneys, they are degreed…
A construction expert has extensive knowledge and expertise of the construction industry. This includes all aspects of construction accidents and construction injury. Their testimony helps to inform the trier of fact on issues related to construction law such as building delays,…
Co-authored by Peter Radetich. A construction expert witness is crucial in analyzing the intricacies of a construction case. Because construction law embodies so many different areas of the law, a vast range of a construction expert witnesses are needed. With…
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Recker v. Greif Packaging L.L.C. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225884 The plaintiff claimed that the defendant, a third-party employer, was negligent. The…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ocampo v. United States Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116618 The United States contracted NASSCO to work on repairs and maintenance. NASSCO subcontracted part of…
Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Westminster Assocs., Ltd. v. Orkin Exterminating Co. (In re Westminster Assocs.) Citation: 265 B. R. 329 Using sketches from the plaintiff’s entomology expert…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Freehold Mgmt. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55052 Facts The plaintiff insurance company brought this case against…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Adams Craig Acquisitions LLC v. Atain Specialty Ins. Co. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129537 Facts This case involves an insurance claim dispute. The plaintiff construction…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States ex rel. TVA v. Easements & Rights-of-Way Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111467 A defendant landowner sought to testify as a…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jeanes v. McBride Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105136 Facts The plaintiff brought a suit against the defendant regarding the defendant’s construction of a building…
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas. Tenth District, Waco Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Royce Homes, L.P. v. Neel Citation: 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 1514 Facts The plaintiffs purchased a home built by the appellants and moved in ahead of completion.…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Palmer v. Sun Coast Contr. Servs. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111979 Although the defendant’s hydrology expert was sufficiently qualified through education, training,…