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Expert is a registered Architect in the State of Texas and the U. S. Virgin Islands with National Council of Architectural Registration Board Certification, and was previously licensed in the state of Florida. He has over 40 years experience in building design, construction, and operation and maintenance. His experience is with a wide variety of commercial, transportation, historic, and residential building types. For the past 20 years he has been directly involved with the investigation of building damage and defects resulting from a variety of causes that include both natural and man made events. He regularly provides assessment of building conditions for due diligence, maintenance, insurance claims, and remodeling and adaptive reuse projects. For the past dozen years he has managed the consulting operations of a nationally recognized building enclosure consulting and testing laboratory. The focus of the work is on the design, construction, and performance of the building enclosure systems including the air, water, and thermal barriers, flashing, wall cladding systems, windows, curtain wall and storefront glazing systems, and roofs. Clients are real estate developers, commercial building owners, Home owners, government agencies, school boards, university systems, general and specialty contractors, other architects, engineers, attorneys, and insurance companies. Some of the investigation and condition assessment work involves a variety of performance testing on buildings in the field and products in the laboratory.

Expert has both Bachelor and Master of Architecture degrees from the Tulane University School of Architecture. He has over fifty years’ experience in the analysis, planning, design, and construction management of a wide variety of building types that include commercial office and retail, institutional, government, healthcare, airport terminals, parking structures, single and multi-family residential, including high-rise buildings, and prototype resort housing. Currently a registered Architect in Texas since 1974, and previously in Florida (1994-2004), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (1995-2004) with NCARB Certificate (inactive).

His professional experience includes working for numerous Architecture firms related to building envelope design and performance, production of construction document drawings and specifications, and construction contract administration. He is independently employed as an Architect providing consulting building envelope design, the development and production of construction contract drawing and specification documents, and construction quality assurance inspections, for single and multi-family, retail, and office buildings. He also consults on building condition assessment, damage and defect analysis, peer reviews of building design and construction documents and expert witness consulting services. Clients are building owners, other Architects, general contractors, and government agencies. He worked in State of Government working in

 Providing consulting on building science issues related to the performance of building enclosure systems and elements for design and installation, commissioning (Cx), property condition assessments, and damage analysis. Projects include new building construction, restoration of historic buildings, damage analysis, rehabilitation, remediation, and adaptive reuse, providing design consulting, and project management.
o Provides reviews of building design and construction document drawings and specifications, product submittals, materials installation methods and means, and quality assurance and control procedures,
o Inspect building facade and roofs for condition analysis, or defect and damage investigation.
 Practice includes Architectural forensic expert witness and consulting services for law suits, providing opinions on building design and construction defects and disputes, and the cause, origin, and extent of building damage or defects from a variety of causes and events:
o Investigate property damage due to a wide variety of causes, including wind (hurricanes, tornadoes and straight line), hail, flood, soil movement, and fire,
o Personal injury cases related slip and trip and fall accidents, deferred maintenance, and building codes compliance,
o Surety and fidelity bond claims,
o Provides expert opinion reports, depositions, and arbitration hearing and trial testimony
o Estimates of costs to repair and/or replace.
 Clients are other Architects, Attorneys, Real Estate Developers, Government Agencies, General Contractors, Property Owners, Facility Managers, Insurance Companies and property Claims Adjusters, and construction and mortgage lenders.


Provide architectural building enclosure design and construction document drawing and specification peer review and report concerns with recommendations. Also review submittals of building enclosure products of waterproofing, sealants, flashing, air barriers, thermal insulation, wall claddings, masonry, windows and glazing systems, and roof systems and provide comments and recommendations. Investigate failures of the building enclosure resulting in water penetration, air infiltration, glass breakage, wall cladding release, and roof leaks. We also develop repair methods and prepare bid documents, provide contract administration and quality assurance services during repair and restoration work. Investigate building damage from a variety of causes that include design and construction defects, ground movement, and storm and fire related events. We determine cause and origin and extent of damage, provide cost to repair or restore, prepare bid and contract documents for the work, and provide contract administration and quality assurance over site. Provide quality assurance construction document review, construction inspections and testing of the building enclosure during building construction and remodeling work for building owners and general contractors.Consult on insurance claims and law suits related to building damage and defects of a variety of origins.