Expert Details
Structural Engineering
ID: 735203
Pennsylvania, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1978 | Degree: BSc, cum laude | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: Cornell University |
| Year: 1985 | Degree: MSc | Subject: Concrete Structures | Institution: Imperial College of Science and Technology |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:Developing, managing and handling building pathology, including forensic engineering (whether pre- or post- claim), engineering investigation and repair, building related insurance claim investigations, emergency response, hazard mitigation, due diligence and expert requests, domestically and overseas, including expert testimony. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2018 | Employer: Thornton Tomasetti | Title: Senior Vice President | Department: Forensic Engineering / Property Loss Claims / Renewals |
Responsibilities:Note: Weidlinger Associates Inc. and Thornton Tomasetti merged in September 2015Responsibility for developing, managing and handling building pathology related business, including forensic engineering (whether pre- or post- claim), engineering investigation and repair, property loss insurance claim investigations, emergency response, hazard mitigation, due diligence and expert requests for all technical disciplines, domestically and overseas, including expert testimony. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2015 | Employer: Weidlinger Associates | Title: Associate Principal | Department: Applied Science |
Responsibilities:Note: Weidlinger Associates Inc. and Thornton Tomasetti merged in September 2015Responsibility for developing, managing and handling building pathology related business, including forensic engineering, engineering investigation and repair, emergency response, hazard mitigation, due diligence and expert requests for all technical disciplines, including expert testimony. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2015 | Employer: Arup | Title: Principal and Global Expert Witness Leader | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsibility for managing and/or performing forensic engineering, engineering investigation, and expert requests for all technical disciplines, including expert testimony. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2013 | Employer: Manhattan College | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Civil Engineering |
Responsibilities:Adjunct professor at Manhattan College of Civil Engineering, where he teaches a graduate level class on forensic engineering "Introduction to Engineering Investigations." |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2008 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Sole practitioner concentrating on resolution of design and construction problems. Professional activities included blast, wind, flood and impact analysis, testing, monitoring, site inspection, litigation support, testimony, repair design, emergency engineering response and mitigation, natural hazard mitigation, telecommunication tower evaluation, materials analysis, more. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1996 | Employer: Louis Berger Group | Title: Senior Structural Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:General troubleshooting for large-scale engineering projects; seismic design; structural engineering; forensic engineering projects. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 1993 | Employer: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. | Title: Senior Structural Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Senior Structural Engineer with general responsibility for numerous forensic engineering and failure investigation projects. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1990 | Employer: Arup | Title: Structural Engineer | Department: Advanced Analysis and Research / Telecommunications |
Responsibilities:Analysis, impact analysis, wind engineering, flood evaluation, testing, monitoring, failure investigation, site inspection, design, other |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1984 | Employer: Flint & Neill Partnership | Title: Structural Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Research, analysis, test protocols, design |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1980 | Employer: Ammann & Whitney | Title: Junior Engineer | Department: Special Structures Group |
Responsibilities:Advanced analysis, site inspections, failure analysis, design |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Sworn Testimony Trial: 13 Deposition: 11 Alternative Dispute Resolution: 10 |
Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Licensed Professional Engineer (Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Honors and Awards • Recipient, Partner-In-Mitigation Fellowship to the Federal Emergency Management Agency • Past Chair, New York Academy of Sciences, Engineering Section • Panel Member ASCE Mohawk-Hudson Section Engineer’s Week, An Engineer’s Role in Natural Disasters • Judge for New York City Science and Technology Expo, 3 years |
Fields of Expertise
demolition, construction design deficiency, construction, building assessment, construction deficiency, construction defect, forensic engineering, structural engineering, construction accident, construction insurance claim, construction material deficiency, construction material, concrete, concrete failure, wind engineering, cladding material, building thermal envelope, building roof failure, tower structure, radio tower, tower crane, wire rope failure analysis, wire rope accident investigation, scaffold