Expert Details

Heavy Marine and Waterfront Construction; Dredging; Civil Engineering; and Claims and Litigation Support

ID: 730997 Massachusetts, USA

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Expert has over 35 years of experience with construction projects as a consulting engineer, elected official, professional society leader, construction engineer, and project manager. He is Ports & Harbors Practice Leader for a national engineering firm and is engaged in supporting their waterfront engineering practice and creating of business opportunities and maintaining client relations. He oversees updates to quality control procedures, standardization of design and procedures, and professional standards.

Expert specialties in site investigations, cost estimates and schedules, project management and administration, construction claims and expert testimony, environmental permitting, civil engineering, and management of municipal, marine construction and dredging projects.

His expert witness role, in most cases, includes reviewing technical documents, plans, permits and other relevant materials related to a specific case and providing attorneys with opinions on the revelance of case facts, previous testimony and general engineering/construction matters as well as providing suggestions for questioning of witnesses during depositions and hearings and trials.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1983 Degree: BS Subject: Civil Engineering Institution: University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1993 to 2018 Employer: CLE Engineering, Inc. Title: Vice President Department: Engineering
Responsibilities:
As VP, Expert is engaged in the creation of business opportunities and maintaining client relations. He oversees updates to quality control procedures, standardization of design and procedures, and professional standards.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2018 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Practice Leader / Senior Client Manager Department: Ports & Harbors
Responsibilities:
As Senior Client Manager responsible for creating business opportunities, maintaining client relations and managing waterfront and dredging projects. Professional services include expert witness & surety consulting services for waterfront construction and dredging projects, along with supporting the firm's waterfront practice.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
As an expert witness, Expert has reviewed cases, prepared expert reports, provided depositions and testified at DEP hearings and state and federal court hearings.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American Society of Civil Engineers: U.S. Representative of the U.S. Subcommittee
COPRI Ports & Harbors Committee: Vice-Chairman
Boston Society of Civil Engineers: Member

Expert is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Ports Committee. He also maintains active membership in PIANC, based in Brussels, and the North American Ports Association (NAPA). He stays up to date on industry developments through regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year.
Licenses / Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer
o Commonwealth of Massachusetts, License
o State of Louisiana, License
o State of New York, License
o State of Texas, License
Awards / Recognition
BSCES President's Award
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has multiple publications and patents.

Fields of Expertise

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