Building Envelope Failure Expert Witnesses

Santa Monica, California

Architecture, Construction - Project Management, Program Management, Construction Management Standard of Care Failures, Construction Documents, Change Order, Design Coordination, Building Envelope Failure, Construction Defects, Architectural Professional Liability Failures, Water Intrusion, Construction Administration

Licensed Architect in California and Utah with over 40 years of experience in the field of Architecture and Construction Management and was responsible for managing multibillion-dollar, multi-site new construction and renovation projects throughout the United States. As an Expert Witness I have performed Standard of Care analysis of Architects/Engineer and Project Management Performance Reviews in Architect/Engineer negligence claims. Investigated Construction defects, Contractor Non-Compliance, and Owner Payment / Change Order Delay Claims. As the Principal Project Director / Design & Construction Training & Construction Lead for the second largest K-12 school district in the country and their $35 billion construction bond program that included developing new Policies and Procedures RFQs, RFPs, Bid Award, Contract Execution, Construction Management, Constructability Reviews, Owner Move-in and Project Closeout for general construction contracts including Design Bid Build, Design...

SANFORD, Florida

Structural Engineering, Construction Defects - Construction Defect Expert, Structural Engineer, Design Defect Expert, Structural Expert, Forensic Engineer, Water Damage, Structural Peer Review, Standard of Care Analysis, Structural Collapse, Building Envelope Failure, Standard of Cause, Origin and Cause, Damage Assessment, Roof Collapse, Foundation Damage, Hurricane Damage

Ms. Vanessa Malone, P.E., is the Owner and Founder of Preeminent Solutions, Inc, a forensic engineering and design engineering firm. Malone is a licensed professional civil / structural engineer with almost 20 years’ experience in civil/structural design, forensics, and expert work. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where she was one of the few female graduates to receive a Masters in Computational Mechanics. Over the course of her career, Malone has led teams within a series of private firms in the design, analysis, forensic investigation, and seismic probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of nuclear structures, aerospace structures, commercial structures, industrial towers, multi-storey buildings, and more. Key firms include Thornton Tomasetti, Westinghouse Electric, Jacobs Technology, Amentum, Southern Nuclear, Bechtel, General Electric, ANSYS, and more. Likewise, over her nearly two (2) decades’ of experience, Malone has spearheaded analysis and design with sev...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction Defects, Construction - Standard of Care, Building Codes, Water Intrusion, Building Envelope Failure, Foundation Defects, Structural Failures, Mold and Moisture Damage, Schedule Delay, Contractor Liability, Construction Cost Analysis, Building Code Violations, Residential Construction Defects, Commercial Construction Defects, Pipe Burst

Licensed professional forensic engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, and Florida, John E. Poole III, P.E. is a construction defects, construction delays, and standard of care expert witness with 25 years of hands-on construction industry experience and over 400 completed forensic investigations. He has testified at deposition, arbitration, and trial on behalf of plaintiff and defense counsel, and has been retained by major insurance carriers, self-insured corporations, and law firms on construction defect, delay, and standard of care matters throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and nationally. CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS John's forensic practice covers the full spectrum of construction defects in residential and commercial properties. His casework includes water intrusion and building envelope failures, foundation defects and differential settlement, structural failures, roofing and waterproofing failures, siding and stucco failures, window and door failures, draina...