Expert Details

Structural Engineering Design, Construction Practice and Material Failure Science

ID: 727851 New Jersey, USA

Expert has 30 years of professional experience in structural design, restoration, repair, investigation services and code review for property distress related to natural disasters, design errors or construction negligence. He has investigated and repaired stone panel facade failures, brick masonry water construction errors, building envelope water intrusions, fire or explosion property damages. Projects include historic buildings, office structures dormitories, power plants, offshore structures, industrial buildings, warehouses, dams, marine vessels, sports stadiums, water canals, towers, bridges, tanks, tunnels, amusement park rides, furnaces, parking structures railroad ties, scaffolding systems, aerospace failure and pipe failure.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1975	Degree: MS	Subject: Structural Engineering	Institution: Rutgers University
Year: 1974	Degree: BS	Subject: Civil Engineering	Institution: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1989 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: President	Department:
Responsibilities: Expert, PE, SECB, is the owner and Principal in charge of operations.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has testified as an expert for the following: Construction practices for concrete forms, slabs, tanks, temporary scaffold structures. Cause and origin investigations of building collapse steel aluminum or timber frames. Building distress cracking or water leaks of envelope systems, stone panel facades, brick masonry, cast stone.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
ACI, AISC, TMS,

Licenses / Certifications
PE, SECB

Awards / Recognition
Engineer of the Year - Central NJ Engineering Council, Van Buren Structural Achievement Award ACI, Golden Trowel Award IMS, Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society Chapter President, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society.

Publications and Patents Summary
He has 17 publications relating to structural engineering or construction.

Fields of Expertise

concrete, concrete failure, concrete failure analysis, concrete structure, concrete structure design, failure modes and effects analysis, failure process, masonry, materials failure analysis, reinforced concrete, reinforced concrete structure, reinforced concrete structure design, steel structure, steel structure design, structural analysis, structural design, structural engineering, structural maintenance, structural repair, historic buildings, wind force, architectural engineering, fiber-reinforced concrete, concrete mixing, mortar (material), water content, elastomeric sealant, watertight concrete, hurricane, American Iron and Steel Institute, concrete coating material, flexible mold, urethane elastomer, leachability, building thermal envelope, water, aggregate material, wind load, wood decay, structural stability monitoring, natural disaster, decision tree, structural-engineering management, concrete corrosion, building design, waterproof, design engineering, structural tolerance, wind, tremie concrete, timber wood, structural welding application, structural timber, structural steel, structural code, structural bolt, strain gage, steel, steel corrosion, rebar corrosion, precast concrete, mass concrete, building code, brick, architectural concrete, air-entrained concrete