Coatings Expert Witnesses

Construction Defects, Engineering - Building Envelope, Building Enclosure, Exterior Walls, Cladding, Fenestrations, Glass and Glazing, Facades, Coatings, Waterproofing, Roofing, Water Intrusion, Condition Assessment, Forensic Investigation, Wind Damage Inspection, Field Testing.

I am a licensed Professional Engineer (FL, TX, LA) and Certified General Contractor (FL) with twenty years of consulting and engineering experience, specializing in the design, evaluation, inspection, and testing of building envelope systems such as exterior wall systems, glass and glazing systems, above and below-grade waterproofing systems, and roofing systems for new and existing structures. I am a member of various industry organizations and an accredited LEED professional. I have worked on hundreds of projects throughout North America and the Caribbean. I enjoy providing technical and engineering expertise on all types of building projects to develop and construct high-performance building enclosure systems. I have extensive experience conducting forensic evaluations on buildings with envelope performance problems and leading remedial design and management programs for building envelope replacement or rehabilitation. Additionally, I provide litigation support services and exp...

Chemistry & Chemicals, Metallurgy - Product Failures, Accidents, Analytics, Materials, Chemical, Chemical Processes, Friction, Wear, Coatings, Corrosion, Composites, Ceramics, Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Product Design, Aviation, Buildings Materials, Adhesives, Roadway Materials, R&D, Expert Witness

Dr. Fildes has extremely strong problem-solving and analytical skills, excellent communications abilities, and decades of experience of successfully conveying, with credibility and confidence, highly technical issues to laypeople. He successfully tackles challenging technical problems and often sees key issues and devises approaches, which others have missed, through a combination of vast experience, extensive technical knowledge, skilled use of analytics, creativity, an excellent understanding of testing and analysis, and strong project planning and management capabilities. • A doctoral-level scientist who has organized, written proposals, conducted, and managed $27.5 million in funded projects including research, development, litigation expert witness investigations, and collaborations involving Government labs, large defense companies, and leading universities with funding from the Army, Navy, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Technology Reinvestment Program), The ...

Chemistry & Chemicals, Laboratories & Testing - Epoxy, adhesives, electronic manufacturing, UV resistance, VaRTM - Vacuum assisted Resin Transfer Molding, Polyurethanes, thermosets, polyimides , Prepregs, Thermal Analysis, Coatings, vinyl esters, polyaspartics, Pultrusion, Material Testing, Composites, amines, Flame Retardants , Filament Winding

I am a member of the following organizations 1. Society for the Advancement of Materials Processes and Engineering [SAMPE] 2. Thermoset Resin Formulators Association. [TRFA]