Environmental Noise Studies

1 Source Safety and Health, Inc. is a Safety and Health Management and Consulting firm for educational, insurance, commercial, residential, research, healthcare, and manufacturing facilities. 1Source’s team of professionals includes certified industrial hygienists, certified safety professionals, certified professional environmental auditors, and a certified professional ergonomist who can address every safety and health issue. One key measure of their success is that 1Source is the largest safety and health consulting firm with the most certified staff on the east coast. For more than 20 years, the professionals at 1Source have been committed to developing long-term, mutually beneficial professional relationships with our clients and business partners.

Indoor Air Quality Management and Consultation:

Mold, Bacteria and other Microbiological Assessments:

Odor Surveys and Assessments

Investigative Indoor Air Quality Surveys

Proactive Indoor Air Quality Surveys

Planned Indoor Air Quality Management Programs

Environmental-Related Disease Investigations

Legionella and Legionnaires Disease

Safety Program Management

Safety Management Systems:

Ergonomics Programs

Safety Program Development

Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene

Construction Safety Services

Managed Outsourcing

Training Program Services

OSHA VPP (Voluntary Protection Program)

Safety and Health Audits

Noise Exposure Evaluation and Control

Asbestos and Lead Management and Consultation:

Asbestos Surveys and Investigations

Asbestos Abatement Project Design

Environmental Quality Assurance Monitoring

Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Programs

Mr. Steven Parkhurst, CIH, LIH, CSP, CIEC, CETC, LMA has worked for over 30 years in studying the effects of contaminated air in a wide variety of work, office and residential environments. He has performed field studies and reviewed cases in hundreds of lawsuits involving exposure to heavy metals, Chinese drywall, toxigenic molds, allergens, asbestos, indoor air quality, organic solvents and chemicals, and biological organisms including mold and bacteria. He has worked on cases involving hurricane impacted buildings, water damaged structures, and smoke and fire damaged facilities.

His knowledge, objectivity and professionalism has resulted in favorable judgements or settlements for more than 95% of his clients.

Mr. Parkhurst's credentials include: Board Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Licensed Industrial Hygienist in Illinois (LIH), Council Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC), Council Certified Environmental Thermography Consultant (CETC), and Licensed Mold Assessor in Florida (LMA).

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Durand R. Begault received a PhD in Computer Audio from UC San Diego in 1988 and an MFA from Mills College in 1981. He has been associated with the Audio Forensic Center and Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. since 1996 and has worked as an expert witness, legal consultant, and acoustical consultant on a variety of audio-related cases since 1988. Dr. Begault also holds a research position at NASA Ames Research Center and is an adjunct faculty member at McGill University. He is the author of several U.S. patents and is qualified as an expert witness in both Federal and State Courts. Dr. Begault has testified in over 40 cases on a variety of audio technology and forensic audio-related cases.

Areas of Expertise:

• Audio Technology Patent / Intellectual Property Analyses
• Forensic Audio and Video Tape Examination / Authentication
• Analysis of Speech, Alarms, Warning Signal Audibility
• Voice Identification and Elimination
• Analysis of ‘Ear Witness’ Testimony
• Enhancement of Speech from Noisy Audio / Video Tape Recordings
• Music Copyright Infringement and Musicological Analysis
• Gunshots
• Acoustical Test and Measurement - Environmental Sound
• Noise Exposure
• Software / Hardware Black Box Testing for Infringement
• Videotape Image Enhancement
• Analysis of Digital Recordings

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DNA Industrial Hygiene is an Occupational/Environmental Health & Safety firm providing comprehensive industrial hygiene/environmental services.

Dan Napier is the 'go to' person for help with your Health & Safety Program. If you are a Small business or one of the Fortune 500's Dan has helped someone like you. Whether you need a simple survey for a single issue or a complex benchmark or Safety Audit he has the experience and expertise to do the work.

Mr. Napier provides services to the Legal Community. Please check with him for Trial Assistance, Forensic Studies or Expert Witness Services. He has been designated as an expert and has testified in Federal and State Courts.

Roger M. Rose provides Expert Medical Opinion / Testimony in alleged Ear, Nose and Throat Malpractice and / or Trauma. As well as nose-induced hearing loss, and laser airway fires.

He has over 30 years of experience in evaluating potential medical malpractice cases for both prosecution and defense attorneys as they relate to Ear, Nose and Throat issues. Dr. Rose has a widespread reputation for being cool, clear and concise on the witness stand. The most important service that Dr. Rose provides for attorneys is to effectively discourage pursuit of non-winnable cases as early as possible. He has been instrumental in helping plaintiff attorneys receive significant awards for deserving patients.

General Health & Safety Services Corp. is a Safety and Health Consulting firm founded in 1978, serving clients in Europe and throughout the United States through offices in Wisconsin and Florida. Our satisfied clients include businesses of all types and sizes including law firms, schools, churches, hospitals, manufacturing companies, retail stores, government agencies, insurance companies, construction companies and individuals.

Our Mission
To be a client-focused, objective oriented service organization, providing the highest value in expert safety and industrial hygiene services.

Consultants / Expert Witnesses
Our principal consultant has over 35 years' experience as a consultant and expert witness. His credentials include a Bachelors degree in Environmantal Engineering Sciences, Certified Safety Professional and Certified Industrial Hygienist. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of occupational and other settings and has qualified in State and Federal courts throughout the country. He is also recognized internationally as a product safety and warnings expert.

Examples of case experience by key phrase:

Accident reconstruction (non-vehicular) Asbestos exposure Chemical exposure Construction site fall Conveyors Electrocution Environmental contamination Human factors Indoor air quality Farm implement

Machine guarding Mold exposure / contamination Noise exposure Product safety / liability Regulation compliance Safe practice Slip and fall Stairway fall Warnings Woodworking machines Workers Compensation

Ray Helmer is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Ohio. He is available to perform Expert Witness Services in all 50 states.

At present, Mr. Helmer enjoys working in depth on Water & Wastewater cases such as: water supplies, toxic contamination, industrial pollution, water intrusion, and flooding.

Areas of Expertise:

Civil, Structural and Forensic engineering

Highway engineering, roadways, sight distance

Concrete and Asphalt Pavements

Highway / Street lighting

Traffic engineering, signals, signs, striping

Traffic noise studies

Accidents – automobile, train, motorcycle, pedestrian

Traffic accident testimony involving city / County / State DOTS

Hydraulics, hydrology, drainage, flooding

Sanitary engineering, sewers, overflows

Water treatment, distribution, pumping

Water disinfection byproducts (DBPs)

Wastewater treatment plants, lift stations

Soil expansion, contraction, settlement

Foundation failure, structural damage

Plumbing, leaks, water intrusion

Airports, FAA standards, runways, taxi ways, ramps

Bridges, buildings, corrosion, concrete cracking

Construction defects, fraud, accidents, delays, estimates

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Sound Testimony® specializes in Audio Forensic Analysis and in Improving Recorded Speech Comprehension including Intelligibility Enhancement and Audio Recovery. Their proprietary hardware / software system works to recover intelligible speech and other sounds from noise-intensive backgrounds & poorly recorded media. Sound Testimony® uses advanced computer analysis to help perform forensic audio recording authentication.

David A. Smith, ACFEI, IEEE, AES, has more than two decades of professional experience with audio enhancement.

Mr. Smith consults with counsel offering audio forensic evidence examination, analysis, restoration & recovery, litigation support, expert advice, expert testimony, and related expert witness services including preparation of cross-examinations and courtroom presentations.

Clients include attorneys, other legal and investigative professionals, the National Security Agency (NSA) under contract with CTC, professional video production companies, broadcast facilities, and private individuals.

Services Offered:

• Voice and Sound Extraction
• Tape Verification
• Litigation Support
• Transcript Review and Correction
• Intelligibility Improvement of the following...
• 911 calls
• Voice Mail Systems
• Surveillance Recordings
• Portable Audio Recorders
• Interviews
• Depositions
• Meetings
• Cellular Telephone Recordings, etc.

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Dr. Liz Bentley is one of the world's leading Weather Experts. Former Chief Instructor of Forecasting at the Met Office College, she is the ultimate Climate Change Forecaster.

Her training began in 1994 at the Met Office College, the United Kingdom's meteorological training institute. After forecasting for the Royal Air Force and managing a weather unit for the British Army, Dr. Bentley worked as the BBC Weather Centre Manager, where she was in charge of 30 Met Office employees and was responsible for managing the contract between the BBC and the Met Office to provide Weather Data, Weather Warnings, and Weather Presenters. Prior to RMetS, Dr. Bentley worked for the Ministry of Defence's environmental research programme where she became one of the UK's top Aviation Forecast Specialists.

Dr. Bentley is Head of Communications at the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), where she is responsible for brand awareness, corporate communication through media, promotional material, public engagement, and membership development. While at the RMetS she has produced numerous corporate publications, implemented intiatives to increase society membership and addressed many enquiries from the media and general public on weather and climate related issues. Dr. Bentley founded the public membership organisation theWeather Club, in 2010, to promote an appreciation and understanding of weather.

Areas of Expertise:

Climate Change

Weather Forecasting

Noise Prediction

Aviation Forecasting

YONOVITZ & JOE, LLP consists of a team of Forensic Tape Analysts, Experts and Consultants who specialize in all aspects of Audio and Video Tape-Recorded Evidence.

Y&J has been retained in thousands of cases involving thousands of taped recordings throughout North America, Australia and the U.K., in state and Federal courts for civil and criminal matters throughout the U.S.

Y&J consists of Al Yonovitz, PhD, who has a doctorate degree in acoustics and is an associate professor of the speech and hearing sciences and has been involved in the area of forensic audio and video for over 30 years, and Herbert Joe, who has four degrees, including two science degrees and two law degrees and is a Board Certified Forensic Audio/Video Examiner, a Registered Patent Attorney with 2 law licenses and has been involved in the area of forensic audio and video for over 19 years. They have published extensively and have given regional, national and international presentations in the academic, research, clinical and forensic sciences.

Forensic Services:

• Forensic Authenticity/Originality Analyses of Audio or Video Tape-Recorded Evidence
• Voice/Speaker Identification or Elimination via Aural Acoustic Spectrography
• Digital Enhancement
• Discourse or Linguistic Analyses of Speech
• Transcription Development and Verification
• Tape Copying From and To Most Any Format
• Linguistics
• Phonetics
• Acoustics
• Sound or Noise Measurement and Analysis
• Electronic Signatures Analysis
• Aircraft / Building / Environmental Acoustics
• Alcohol, Drug or Stress Effects on Speech
• Speech Evaluation
• Voice and Hearing Disorders
• Voice or Speech Recognition
• Consulting or Expert Witness
• Lectures and Seminars
• Patents and Trademarks Searches, Analyses, Opinions, Applications, Prosecution, Litigation, Expert Witness