Concrete, Masonry & Building Envelope Restoration

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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I am a licensed Professional Engineer with 16 years of experience specializing in building envelope and concrete structure restoration. I hold PE licensure in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and I serve as Office Director for a consulting engineering and architecture firm, where I lead investigations, repair designs, structural analysis, and construction administration. My technical focus is the assessment, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of concrete and masonry structures. I have extensive experience evaluating cast-in-place, precast, pre-stressed, and post-tensioned concrete systems, as well as brick masonry, limestone, and building façade and waterproofing assemblies. My work regularly involves determining the cause, origin, and extent of deterioration and distress; distinguishing design deficiencies from construction defects and from ordinary aging and maintenance-related conditions; evaluating water infiltration and waterproofing failures; and developing and estimating appropriate repair scopes and costs. I have investigated and designed repairs for a broad range of structures and vintages, including high-rise residential and condominium buildings, parking structures, hospitals and medical facilities, historic and landmark buildings, housing authority towers, and institutional and educational campuses. Representative projects include a balcony repair program addressing approximately 1,000 post-tensioned concrete balconies across twin 27-story towers; structural assessment and repair of numerous precast double-tee, post-tensioned, and cast-in-place parking garages; exterior wall and façade assessments of historic structures under historic-commission oversight; a large cast-in-place slab failure investigation and repair involving shoring and occupied-building constraints; and façade and building envelope condition assessments of 17 higher education and high profile campus buildings within a compressed timeframe. This breadth allows me to speak to both the engineering and the practical construction realities underlying restoration disputes. I have provided deposition testimony in construction issue matters. I am experienced in field investigation and forensic assessment, including visual and hands-on inspection, distress mapping, evaluation of prior repair programs, review of construction documents and specifications, and preparation of prioritized repair recommendations with construction cost estimates. I routinely translate complex structural conditions into clear, well-documented reports and communicate effectively with owners, contractors, and non-technical stakeholders: a skill directly applicable to expert reporting and testimony. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (2009) and a Master of Engineering (2012), both from Widener University. I am an active member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI), and the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). I previously served as a Director of the Delaware Valley Chapter of ICRI, and I was recognized as a recipient of ICRI's 40 Under 40 award. I am available to consult on matters involving concrete and masonry deterioration and repair, building envelope and waterproofing failures, parking structure distress, balcony and façade conditions, restoration standard of care, construction-defect evaluation, and repair cost and scope disputes.