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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Construction and Construction Defects

Keywords/Search Terms:

Claim, Cost of Repair, Schedule / Delay, Critical Path, Accident / Injuries, Safety, Construction Management CM, General Contractor GC, Subcontractor, Engineering Contractor, Concrete, Precast, Steel Erection, Wood, Excavation, Trenching, Shoring, Hospital, DSA, Public Works, Indian Gaming, Permit

Education:

BS Construction Engineering , College of Engineering, Arizona State U.

Years in Practice:

40+

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

16

Additional Information

Expert witness since 2009 with case experience in: construction defect, contract dispute, delay, scheduling, cost of repair, water intrusion, Cal OSHA, safety, accident, injury, trip fall, employment, wrongful termination, probate, real estate, failure to disclose, etc. Construction Engineer with 40 + years of continuous construction experience as a general, sub and concrete contractor. Career positions progressing from: laborer, field engineer, superintendent, estimator, project manager, project executive to principal. Licensed contractor with classifications in: “A” Engineering, “B” Building & “C-8” Concrete. Product Type Experience: Residential, commercial, health care, education, light industrial, military, public works, and site development including: offices, retail, restaurants, food service, multifamily high-rise, apartments, condos, hospitals, medical office buildings (MOB), hotels, schools, stadium, theater, parking, power / co-generation, waste water treatment, zoos, Indian gaming and casinos. Concrete Expertise: High-rise (to 51 floors), slip form, jump form, tilt-up, precast, pre-stressed, post tension slab, mat slab, caisson, underpinning, shoring and foundation. Structural expertise: Pre-engineered buildings, framing, reinforcing (rebar), gage, structural, and miscellaneous steel and wood. Additional expertise: Window washing equipment, underground utilities, building envelope (water intrusion), earthwork / grading, excavation and building / foundation settlement. Mr. Nolta is a detailed analyst, communicates in layman’s terms, and a credible presenter.