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Paul Gaston holds an active City of Chicago general contractor licence, union journeyman carpenter standing with Carpenters Local 10 since 1989, OSHA 30-Hour and 10-Hour Outreach training, jobsite safety certificates, Chicago Department of Aviation accessibility training, and a supporting mold inspection credential. Together these establish the builder-side qualifications retaining counsel, insurers and owners across Chicago and Cook County rely on when testing a construction defect opinion.

A licensed builder's perspective. These credentials support opinions on workmanship, contractor standard of care, and building code compliance of as-built conditions, measured against the code in force, recognised standards and manufacturer installation instructions. They are trade and construction credentials. No engineering or architectural design credential is held or claimed, and structural adequacy and design negligence are referred to a licensed professional.
Verified licences, trade credentials and training. Certificates for the training entries are reproduced below.
CredentialTypeIssuing AuthorityDateDetailsWhat It Supports
General Contractor LicenceLicenceCity of ChicagoActiveLicensed general contractor in the City of ChicagoStanding to opine on construction workmanship and code compliance
Journeyman CarpenterTrade credentialCarpenters Local 10Since 1989Union journeyman carpenterTrade foundation for workmanship and standard-of-care opinions
OSHA 30-Hour Outreach, ConstructionTraining360training (OSHA Outreach)03/19/202530 credit hours, 3.0 CEUsConstruction site safety and standard of care
OSHA 10-Hour Outreach, General IndustryTraining360training (OSHA Outreach)04/18/202510 credit hours, 1.0 CEUGeneral industry safety
Fall Protection in ConstructionTrainingOSHA Outreach04/09/2024CompletionJobsite safety and hazard recognition
Scaffolds in ConstructionTrainingOSHA Outreach04/12/2024CompletionJobsite safety and hazard recognition
Personal Protective EquipmentTrainingOSHA Outreach04/12/2024CompletionJobsite safety
Ladder SafetyTrainingOSHA Outreach03/25/2024CompletionJobsite safety
CDA Disability Awareness and Assistance Program TrainingTrainingChicago Department of Aviation12/02/2024Public-facility accessibility trainingADA accessibility of built conditions
Mold Inspector CertificationCertification (supporting)360training04/08/20266.0 hours; inspection credential; supplementary training, not a regulatory approvalMoisture-source identification as supporting knowledge only

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Each certificate below is reproduced as issued. Select any image to open it full size.

OSHA 30-Hour Outreach, Construction certificate
OSHA 30-Hour Outreach, Construction360training - 30 credit hours, 3.0 CEUs - 03/19/2025
OSHA 10-Hour Outreach, General Industry certificate
OSHA 10-Hour Outreach, General Industry360training - 10 credit hours, 1.0 CEU - 04/18/2025
Fall Protection in Construction certificate
Fall Protection in ConstructionOSHA Outreach - 04/09/2024
Scaffolds in Construction certificate
Scaffolds in ConstructionOSHA Outreach - 04/12/2024
Personal Protective Equipment certificate
Personal Protective EquipmentOSHA Outreach - 04/12/2024
Ladder Safety certificate
Ladder SafetyOSHA Outreach - 03/25/2024
Mold Inspector Certification certificate
Mold Inspector Certification360training - 6.0 hours - 04/08/2026 - supporting knowledge only

The Chicago Department of Aviation accessibility training is listed in the table above. Its acknowledgment form carries a personal ID badge number, so the document itself is not reproduced here; it can be provided to retaining counsel on request.

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Yes. Paul holds an active General Contractor licence issued by the City of Chicago.
Since 1989, through Carpenters Local 10, which is the trade foundation for the workmanship opinions he gives.
OSHA 30-Hour training covering both Construction and General Industry safety.
Chicago Department of Aviation Disability Awareness and Assistance Program training, completed 2 December 2024. That is the accessibility training on record, and it supports review of ADA accessibility in built conditions.
Paul holds a Mold Inspector Certification from 360training. It is an inspection credential used as supporting knowledge only, never as a headline qualification.
No, and no opinion is offered that would require one. Engineering and design questions are referred to a licensed professional.
Yes. Each certificate is reproduced on this page with issuer, date and credit hours, and the underlying documents can be produced on request.
The City of Chicago general contractor licence and the Local 10 journeyman carpenter credential together, because both go to how the work should have been built.
Site safety training goes to means, methods and supervision, which is often part of a contractor standard-of-care question rather than a separate safety claim.
No. It is an inspection credential and states on its face that it is supplementary. Health effects, toxicology and medical causation are outside his scope.
Both are shown. The licence and trade credential are ongoing; the training certificates carry the completion dates listed in the table.
Nothing that is offered on this site. Training unrelated to construction defect work is deliberately left off so the record reflects the scope actually offered.