William F. Ikerd, II, PhD, PE, CM-BIM Expert Witness

Contact this Expert Witness

  • Company: IKERD Consulting, LLC
  • Phone: (888) 284-9818
  • Cell: (214) 382-9811
  • Website: IKERD.com

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Construction and Structural Engineering

Keywords/Search Terms:

Building Information Modeling (BIM), Level Of Development (LOD), Structural Engineering, 3D Modeling, Laser Scanning, LiDAR, scan-to-BIM, Metrology, Failure Analysis, Forensic Engineering, Architecture, MEP, mechanical, construction defects, concrete, steel, wood, timber, masonry, civil engineering.

Education:

B.S. Civil Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis; Masters of Structural Engineering (MSE), Washington University in St. Louis; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) , University of Denver

Years in Practice:

26

Additional Information

Mr. Will Ikerd, PhD, P.E. (TX) is principal at IKERD, a firm that specializes in consulting for attorneys, owners, general contractors, trade contractors and designers of buildings, civil, infrastructure, mechanical and manufacturing projects. The firm focuses in the areas of engineering, laser scanning, Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Mr. Ikerd is currently on the board of directors of the BIMForum and chairs three of their Taskforces; BIM Execution Plan (BxP), Reality Capture / Laser scanning and Level Of Development (LOD). He graduated with his bachelor’s in civil engineering and masters in structural engineering in 1998 from Washington University in St. Louis with a focus on 3D parametric modeling and is currently a University of Denver PhD candidate in BIM research.