Floodplain Management Expert Witnesses

Pensacola, Florida

Construction, Construction Defects - Forensic Contruction, Mold Remediation, Stucco Failure, Floodplain Management, Hurricane Damage, Wind Damage, Moisture Intrusion, Property Restoration, Insurance Appraisal, Termite Damage, Construction Litigation, Water Intrusion, Flood Damage, Property Damage Claim, Mold Assessment, Roof Failure, General Contractor

John G. Minor is a licensed General Contractor, forensic construction consultant, insurance appraiser, and expert witness with more than 30 years of experience in commercial and residential construction, large loss property claims, hurricane damage investigations, construction defects, water intrusion, mold assessment, and building envelope failures. He serves as President of Complete General Contractors, Inc., a forensic consulting and construction firm operating throughout the Southeast United States. Mr. Minor has extensive experience providing expert analysis, litigation support, deposition testimony, trial testimony, and forensic investigations involving construction defects, storm damage, insurance disputes, roofing failures, moisture intrusion, fenestration failures, flood-related losses, structural damage, and remediation issues. His work includes complex residential, commercial, industrial, condominium, and coastal properties. He is licensed as a Certified General Contrac...

Boulder City, Nevada

Hydrology, Engineering - Water Resources focused on: Flooding, Floodplain Management, Drainage, Surface Water Hydrology, Hydraulic Structures, Grading, Erosion, Permitting, water resource issues, Flooding

Mr. Douglas B. Blatchford, PE (AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT) has over 45 years of experience as a water resource professional. His experience includes dam safety, design and construction, energy, geographic information systems, groundwater hydrology, remote sensing, river systems, and surface water hydrology, in support of his expert witness practice focus area in water resources (flooding, floodplain management, drainage, hydrology, hydraulic structures, grading, erosion, and permitting). Mr. Blatchford served the United States Government (Interior, Reclamation) as the River Operations Manager on the Lower Colorado River, involved with water deliveries to Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Diego, and irrigators in southern California, southern Arizona, and Mexico. He actively served west wide in Reclamation’s dam safety program, and interfaced extensively with the USGS, the USACE, NOAA, the Colorado River Basin Forecast Center (CBRFC), Mexico, and many irrigators, local and state agen...