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A construction workmanship, standard of care and building code expert. He is a licensed City of Chicago general contractor and union journeyman carpenter, not an engineer or architect.
A defect is work that did not meet the contract documents, the code or the manufacturer instructions when it was installed. Wear is deterioration over time from ordinary use.
The retaining party. Scope and terms are agreed in writing before any inspection is arranged.
Yes. Reviewing an existing report and preparing a rebuttal is common, and a further inspection can be arranged if conditions still exist.
Photographs, invoices, the repair scope and remaining conditions can still support an opinion, although a direct inspection is always preferred.
Only where the question is construction sequencing and coordination. Scheduling analysis and delay quantification are separate disciplines.
He reviews contract documents and specifications to establish what the work was required to be. Interpreting legal obligations is for counsel.
It depends on the volume of records and site access. A timescale is given once the material has been reviewed.
Yes. Working inside operating buildings is a particular strength, including more than fifteen years at O'Hare International Airport.
Yes. Opinions are prepared to satisfy both the Illinois Frye standard and federal Rule 702 review by staying with established, non-novel methods.
Explaining how the experience leads to each opinion, why that experience is a reliable basis, and how it applies to the facts, rather than resting on say-so.
Structural adequacy, architectural design negligence, MEP engineering design, materials science, geotechnical questions and any opinion on health effects.