Water Damage Expert Witnesses

This expert has over 40 years of field experience as a plumber and HVAC contractor. He has installed, managed, and consulted for various projects. He is familiar with construction defects, claims, personal injury, costs, and product liability. He currently serves as Principal for a consulting firm dealing with plumbing, heating, HVAC, and Asbestos exposure mechanical systems.

This HVAC expert is the president of of an engineering consultancy. He has extensive experience in the design of piping, duct, mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems for new and retrofit commercial and institutional buildings. This expert has experience working on projects ranging from small to large; project complexity ranges from simple office tenant, retail and hotel projects to base building, to museum renovations. His design experience includes chillers, boiler, steam and central air handler systems, low temperature air, thermal storage and desiccant systems, as well as simple split DX, rooftop and PTAC systems. This expert has performed a range of services from due diligence surveys, economic analyses, concept design, construction documents and construction administration. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering at Washington University and MS in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Presently, this expert is the President of an independent engineering consultancy.

This expert has over 19 years of experience in Mold and Home Inspections. He earned his BA and MA from California State University of Los Angeles, and has continued his education in Home and Mold Inspection through various courses and training. He is a certified Microbial Consultant, as well as Property Inspector by both the American Society of Home Inspectors and the California Real Estate Inspector Association. He is an active in his field as a member of several Home Inspection societies, and has written 10 publications, and given over 50 presentations on topics related to his field. Currently, he serves as a Senior Inspector at two Mold and Home Inspection Consultancies in California.

This expert gained his MS in public health with a focus on industrial hygiene and safety at the University of Washington. He is a certified industrial hygienist and will soon be certified as a Mold Assessor in Texas. Currently, he works as a senior industrial hygiene consultant win Washington State. Formerly, he served as an industrial hygiene engineer and consultant at Boeing, OR State Accident Insurance Fund, and owned a consulting firm called that was bought by Clayton Group Services (now Bureau Veritas). He has experience in litigation matters regarding asbestos, solvents, silica, noise, mold, bacteria, and other exposures.

This expert has extensive experience in general contracting, plumbing, electrical/mechanical construction, and demolition. He is currently a Manager & Safety Officer for a consulting and general contracting business. The expert previously served as a Vice President & Safety Officer in the Mechanical Division at PM&M Electric. He maintains an active California Contractor's License and an active Arizona Commercial Electrical Contractor's License.

This highly qualified expert has extensive knowledge in commercial building codes, construction and carpentry. He holds close to two dozen certifications and has completed several courses through academic institutions like Texas A&M University. His notable certifications including Residential Building, Electrical and Plumbing Inspector, Hazardous Communication Standard and Accident Investigation. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. Formerly he was a carpenter at Curtiss Renovation and Gilford Trim and Millwork. Currently, he is a consultant for three construction consulting firms in Virginia.

This highly qualified expert has over 45 years of experience in the industrial hygiene and occupational health field. He earned his BS in chemistry and biology from the University of Alabama followed by an MS in environmental health engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He is a certified safety professional and certified industrial hygienist, as well as a licensed professional engineer. He is active in his field as a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He has also published and lectured extensively in the environmental health and safety space, and he is an editor for the Applied Industrial Hygiene Journal. He has formerly served as an environmental engineer at the Naval Ordinance Environmental Health Center, as a safety and health compliance officer at OSHA, as the industrial hygiene director at the Naval Nuclear Shipyard and Naval Regional Medical Center, as an OSHA documentation manager for the TVA, and as a corporate director for Alcon Laboratories Pharmaceutical. He is currently a principal at an environmental and occupational health consultancy, as well as the director of the North Texas section of a national industrial hygiene association.

This highly-qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in HVAC and plumbing design. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University. He's active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the Academy of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning. This expert is a licensed professional engineer in 16 states. He has formerly served as a project engineer, principal, and secretary/treasurer for Fanning, Fanning, & Associates. Some notable projects he has worked on with Fanning, Fanning, & Associates include the El Paso Medical Education Building at Texas Tech University and the USDA Cotton Classing Lab. Currently, this expert is the president of an engineering consulting firm based in Texas.

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in the engineering design of buildings. His work has focused on areas such as the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design, HVAC engineering design, LEED projects, energy-efficient buildings, and architecture. He earned both his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. This expert is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois and Indiana and is a LEED accredited professional. He is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, as well as the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. He is also involved in research, having authored numerous publications throughout his career. He has formerly served as an adjunct professor of architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology and an advisor and lecturer of architecture at the University of Illinois. For 30 years, this expert was a partner at Skidmore, Ownings, and Merrill LLP. During his time with this firm, he worked on a variety of different projects across the globe, with these projects including large office buildings, academic institutions, convention centers, airports, and performing arts centers. Currently, this expert serves as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Indiana.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in plumbing and over 20 years of experience in power engineering. He completed his apprenticeship in plumbing in 1984 and is certified as a red seal master plumber, a first-class gasfitter, a red seal steamfitter and pipefitter, and a fourth class red seal power engineer. He is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration Air Condition Engineers, the Alberta Mechanical Officials Society, and the Institute of Power Engineers. He currently holds a patent for a water treatment device and continues to study water quality, piping, equipment, and fixture failures. This expert has formerly served as an instructor in the pipe trades program at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and currently serves as the owner of a mechanical consulting firm in Alberta.

This expert has 15 years of experience as a plumber and has extensive experience with plumbing code and plumbing industry best practices concerning safety, standard operating procedures for tools and equipment, systems installations, and job-site process flow. He earned his BA in English literature from DePaul University and is a licensed plumber in the city of Chicago. He previously served as a journeyman plumber at Warren F. Thomas Plumbing Company and Advance Mechanical Systems. He is currently a plumbing foreman at a plumbing company in Illinois.

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 Orkin Pest Control and as a general manager for Massey Services. He then became the owner of Envirotect Pest Services and Reliable Building Inspections. He currently serves as the owner of a pest and termite services company in Florida.

This expert has over 24 years experience in the fire, water, and storm damage restoration industry and currently serves as President of a property restoration company. He holds various certifications and designations from the Restoration Industry Association, National Association of Homebuilders, and the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification such as Certified Restorer, Water Damage Restoration, and Graduate Master Remodeler. He specializes in assisting homeowners through each phase of the damage restoration process and has published a guide for homeowner insurance claims.

This expert has extensive experience with hardwood flooring, including credentials from NOFMA & NWFA. He serves on two NWFA Committees, He also have credentials in carpet inspection, training in woven carpet and rugs, carpet cleaning, repair and re-installation, and water damage restoration. This expert has also assisted Attorneys through all phases of legal action regarding slip, trip and fall in regards to flooring, carpeting and hard surfaces. Investigations are conducted with analytical skills developed from many years of forensic consultation, litigation support and expert witness testimony. Practical solutions are provided for resolution of contract disputes, claims, delays, personal injury, site safety issues, OSHA compliance and building code interpretations. Additionally, this expert is a member of over ten relevant, industry associations and he has been on the IICRC Industry Carpet/Installation Standards and Inspection Standards committee since 2009 and NWFA committees since 2010.