Architectural Engineering Expert Witnesses
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Architectural engineering expert witness candidates are typically professional engineers with degrees in archetectural engineering and backgrounds and expertise in structural engineering, construction, and civil engineering. Cahn Litigation Services has been approached by numerous clients to locate expert witnesses, on behalf of either the plaintiff or defendant, that can support architectural engineering matters. Most often the expert witness chosen is member of industry organizations such as the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), American Institute of Architects (AIA), Illuminating Engineering Society (IENSA), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and/or the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
An architectural engineer uses scientific knowledge and technology to design buildings. The structural safety of buildings and the quality of the air inside of them are designed by architectural engineers. Architectural engineers work closely with architect teams, structural engineer teams, civil engineer teams, and construction teams, and are responsible for the overall planning, design, construction and operation, environmental systems (i.e., HVAC, plumbing, lighting, fire protection, acoustics), structural systems, and building materials.
Projects that require the expertise of an architectural engineer include building reconstruction, forensic engineering, or construction defect cases. Equipped with specialized knowledge of construction materials, industry standards, code compliance, waterproofing, corrosion, ventilation, mold, suspended ceilings, interior partitions and structural issues, architectural engineers are sought after for construction ethics issues, civil court litigation, contract disputes, product liability cases, warranty disputes, and related regulatory issues.
Litigation support by an architectural expert witness could include an expert report, expert opinion, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request an architectural engineer with prior expert witness testimony experience. In addition, clients may seek a qualified expert for pre-litigation consultant work.
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Architectural Engineering Expert Witness - Representative Bios
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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Architectural Engineering experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Architectural Engineering landscape.
Expert Witness #259442
This expert has prepared and presented claims on behalf of general contractors and specialty contractors, and evaluated and refuted claims on behalf of owners, engineers and contractors.
This expert has had in-depth involvement in efficiently researching and analyzing facts relating to disputes and presenting them in a clear and concise manner. This expert's areas of expertise include critical path schedule analysis, time extension requests, labor productivity analysis, damages calculations and preparation of comprehensive reports. This expert has experience in mediation, arbitration and has provided various litigation support services. This expert has also provided formal presentations for Mediation Settlement Conferences in addition to expert testimony for deposition and trial. This expert's assignments have included projects associated with power generation, penal institutions, commercial facilities and transit systems.
This expert was a Project Architect for a architectural firm that specialized in the construction of public facilities. This expert was a Senior Associate for a construction claims consulting firm. This expert's experience there was the preparation and defense of construction claims related to commercial, industrial and public work projects. This expert also worked as a Project Architect for an architectural firm specializing in the design of commercial interiors and public facilities.
This expert received a B.S. in architectural technology, and a M.S. in civil engineering. This expert also received a J.D.
This expert has qualified as an expert and has provided lectures on the topic of construction claims.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #260955
This expert is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. This expert is also CEO and Co-founder of a firm that developed a software platform that automatically enriches and integrates facility operations information such as maintenance records and building IoT with building information models (BIM) to produce a 3D interactive visual information hub that provides facility managers, helpdesk and field technicians with intuitive access to actionable information when they need it most. This expert's research uses modeling and artificial intelligence to help visualize building information with big data. This expert has many years of experiences in software development in this field.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #226340
This team is a group of seasoned construction professionals providing expert witness services. Their focus is on architectural, building, construction, design and engineering forensics. To ensure proper support, the group maintains an extensive library which includes historical building codes, industry standards, published construction cost estimating guides and a wide array of other necessary resources. Each Associate has real world experience in their respective specialties, and has experience in varied construction methods including traditional, prefab, modular and other processes. All have significant testimony experience in State and Federal Courts.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #255852
This expert is a licensed architect and general contractor. This expert's career in design and construction spans many years. Highly sought after for extensive experience renovating historic residential structures and deep expertise in construction standards for high-end and historic structures, this expert is an acknowledged expert in construction means and methodologies and has provided expert witness services and testimony for both plaintiff and defense.
This expert has a background in architecture and a love for 18th-century design. This expert has spent most of this expert's career developing luxury residences. Early in this expert's career, as a design/build practitioner, this expert worked on numerous high-end renovations.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #255847
This expert is the Principal and Architect of Record at a firm specializing in renovation and historic adaptive reuse projects.
This expert has provided expert witness services including testimony in over 300 cases for both plaintiff and defense. Qualified to opine on both the construction and interior conditions this expert was retained on a historic residential hotel matter where this expert discovered that the winter season interior environment was too dry, causing the wood architectural finishes, doors, frames and moldings and the furniture to contract, breaking the finishes and glue joints causing these wood finishes and furniture to expand and break apart in the late spring and summer season when the interior environment was too humid.
This expert is working on two matters where luxury market homeowners were disappointed by the work of their "famous" architects and contractors.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #260531
This expert is an AIA certified Architect with many years of architectural design and construction administration experience with all building types, including educational, medical, R&D, corporate, commercial, custom residential, multi-family housing, military and industrial projects. Emphasizing use of durable, low maintenance materials including stainless, copper, bronze, zinc, cement-fiber, plastics, composites, specialty sealants & industrial paints. This expert heads a building reconstruction and forensic investigation consultancy that provides visual inspection, intrusive testing, defect analysis, repair recommendations and forensic expert services for both plaintiff and defense parties. This expert brings to the table specialized knowledge of construction materials, industry standards, code compliance, waterproofing, vapor transmission, exterior finishes, corrosion, condensation, ventilation, mold, wood rot, suspended ceilings, interior partitions, and structural issues. This expert's experience includes thousands of visual inspections and hundreds of intrusive tests for construction defect cases, including institutional, commercial and retail structures, housing developments and private homes. This expert also provides reconstruction design, details and specifications focused on solving complex construction problems and developing effective repairs for commercial and institutional buildings.
This expert has served as a third-party neutral construction expert for mediators, arbitrators and courts, and retained jointly by both plaintiff and defense parties. Specializing in complex construction disputes where resolution can be facilitated through clarification of technical issues and extensive case documents. Experience includes complex, multi-party commercial and institutional cases.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #232077
This software architecture, software engineering, and distributed systems expert holds a Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science and serves as an emeritus director of a systems and software engineering center and as a professor in a computer science department at a prestigious university. This expert has received prestigious national research awards, foundation grants, and industry faculty awards.
This expert focuses research on architecture-based software development, including software architecture modeling and analysis; middleware facilities for architectural implementation; product-line architectures; architectural styles; and architecture-level support for software development in highly distributed, mobile, resource-constrained, and embedded computing environments. For over 30 years, this expert has focused on the analysis of large-scale, distributed software systems and their decay over time, and a research lab associated with this expert published an early study of architectural decay in long-lived software systems. This expert authored a widely cited textbook on software systems architectures, which has been cited over 20,000 times.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #262498
This architectural lighting expert holds a PhD and has extensive experience in lighting design, roadway lighting research, and the proper application of light in outdoor environments. This expert has led an infrastructure-based safety systems program at a prominent transportation research institute and has been responsible for lighting design and roadway lighting research.
This expert has authored over 100 published papers and has conducted substantial lighting research. This expert is also a tenured Professor in a school of architecture at a well-regarded university and teaches a joint Undergraduate and Graduate course on Architectural Lighting.
This expert is an active member of a professional lighting engineering society and is a past President of the organization. This expert is also an experienced reviewer of lighting designs and has served as an expert witness.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #263866
This high performance computer/hardware expert holds a PhD and is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, with academic affiliations in computer science and systems engineering at a prestigious university. This expert is also affiliated with a sustainability-focused academic center and a computer systems laboratory. This expert's research area is computer architecture, with interests including reconfigurable and self-optimizing architectures, the architectural impact of disruptive technologies such as on-chip nanophotonics, and hardware-software interaction.
This expert is an endowed professor in computer engineering at a prestigious university and has been affiliated with that institution for over 20 years. This expert's research expertise is high-performance computer architecture, including microprocessors, memory systems, and computer systems. This expert has published numerous research results in top peer-reviewed venues and earned a PhD in Computer Science from a prestigious university.
This expert served as a non-testifying expert witness in a Section 337 matter before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), devoting over 150 hours to patent invalidity issues. The work included searching for and analyzing prior art that might invalidate critical patent claims, including patents, research publications, product specifications, technology white papers, and code releases. This expert articulated invalidity positions and evaluated alternative invalidity arguments presented by counsel.
This expert's research has received a number of awards over the years, including two IEEE Micro Top Picks paper recognitions, an HPCA Best Paper award, an NSF CAREER Award, two IBM Faculty Awards, and a Distinguished Educator Award from a prominent computer science department. On the teaching side, this expert has been recognized with several College of Engineering awards for Teaching Excellence, two Most Influential College Educator/Presidential Scholar awards, and a Professor of the Year honor in a College of Engineering.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #282994
This mechanical engineering/HVAC expert is a Forensic Engineer who earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Architectural Engineering, and practiced as a professional engineer (P.E.) for over 20 years before becoming a Forensic Engineer. This work included designing and analyzing heating and cooling equipment for a major manufacturer, performing HVAC and mechanical design and consulting, and licensed professional practice involving the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and industrial equipment. This expert holds professional engineering licenses in several states as well as National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) licensure in Mechanical and HVAC.
This expert is knowledgeable in all aspects of HVAC, including the fabrication and installation of ductwork, mechanical systems, and HVAC equipment. The forensic engineering work has included losses and injuries associated with buildings and with HVAC mechanical designs, installations, maintenance, and service, and includes routine failure analysis related to fuel-burning equipment, mechanical, electrical, and HVAC equipment.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #289132
This code review expert has extensive experience conducting detailed and technically rigorous code reviews in the context of intellectual property litigation, product liability cases, and forensic investigations. The work has involved both source code and firmware analysis across a wide range of languages and platforms, including C/C++, Verilog, VHDL, Python, assembly, and embedded systems.
This expert has served as an expert witness in cases involving patent infringement and invalidity, performing source code comparisons to claimed limitations, including mapping and charting code to patent claim elements.
This expert has also addressed reverse engineering of hardware and firmware, software extraction, and review to uncover hidden functionalities, confirm the presence or absence of features, and validate trade secret misappropriation claims.
This expert often works with codebases comprising hundreds of thousands to millions of lines of code and delivers concise expert reports backed by clear and annotated code exhibits.
This expert has also analyzed proprietary RTL code in FPGA and ASIC designs to validate hardware-software interaction claims and confirm implementation of architectural claims in silicon. In multiple cases, the findings were key to claim charts and ultimate resolution through settlement or trial.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #296187
This architectural lighting expert holds BS, FIES, and LC credentials and has over 30 years of experience in the lighting industry. The majority of this expert's work has focused on commercial architectural lighting design spanning thousands of designs. This expert provides expert witness services and remains actively engaged in lighting design, including current design trends.
Although this expert has expertise in both indoor and outdoor lighting, this expert's work has focused primarily on exterior lighting. This expert's portfolio includes exterior lighting for sports facilities, big box retailers, petroleum stations, automotive car dealerships, commercial properties, and temporary and permanent lot lighting.
This expert has served for many years as an instructor with a prominent lighting engineering society's street and area lighting conference. These courses address proper outdoor lighting design, light pollution and trespass, and environmental issues. This expert has also presented on EV charging and the lighting industry, including suggestions for EV charging lighting levels and methods. This expert received a lifetime service award from a street and area lighting conference.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #298153
This residential construction expert holds a PE and has over 40 years of experience in the construction industry, including senior leadership and technical engineering roles for an architectural and engineering firm specializing in new construction and repair.
This expert has overseen thousands of projects, including many in Hawaii. The firm's work includes architectural peer review for new construction projects, review of design standards for material manufacturers, and litigation support. This expert has experience in residential construction design in Hawaii and California and has served as an expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Architectural Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #302774
This acoustical engineering expert has led efforts on many architectural acoustics and environmental noise projects, as well as compliance and diagnostic testing efforts.
This expert works on projects ranging from large industrial and commercial developments to residential homes, including evaluating whether sound level limits are met under applicable noise regulations. Related acoustic consulting capabilities include short-term and long-term noise measurement and monitoring, as well as design reviews. This expert has also provided expert witness services.
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